In both audio essays by Joshua Wheeler and Rachel Yoder in The Missouri Review, they stress key words in order to get their message across.  They also, use many other techniques like pausing, but the phrases that drew my attention the … Continue reading →

In The Bitter Fruits of Wakefulness by Joel Lovell, he uses his audio essay to depict his insomniac experience as a 11 year old kid (34:32).  The techniques he uses are simply his voice and the vivid memories of his childhood with … Continue reading →

In Albert Goldbarth’s Delft, the three poles discussed by Aldous Huxley in From the Preface to Collected Essays, are clear and present in his essay.  First, I must add that I am still itching after reading this essay about fleas.  The first pole that … Continue reading →

Arthur Christopher Benson states in “The Art of the Essayist,” that the reader does not go to an essay to get definitive answers to questions, but rather to get different views about ideas and problems that phase the human-kind (40). … Continue reading →

After reading Carl h. Klaus’s opinions on what an essay is, and is not, I’ve come to the conclusion that I agree with most of his theories.  I do not agree with all, but most.  An essay is more than … Continue reading →