‘The Trouble with Men’ Brings Forth Dangerous, Hypnotic Essays
Sex, Love, Marriage, Porn, and Power: David Shields' The Trouble with Men is a book about the sociological complications by and about male writers that are rarely honestly addressed.
personal essays
Randon Billings Noble’s ‘Be With Me Always’ Will Stay With You
Randon Billings Noble's Be With Me Always, a PopMatters' Pick, is a quiet and at times profound search through secret places in the heart.
Paul Crenshaw’s ‘This One Will Hurt You’ Will, Indeed
Paul Crenshaw's This One Will Hurt You, a PopMatters' Pick, is powerful essay collection about life, loss, faith, and natural (and man-made) violence in rural America.
‘Maeve In America’ and Balancing Levity with Seriousness
Irish comic Maeve Higgins finds her voice and purpose in an ever-changing Donald Trump United States.
Sloane Crosley’s ‘Look Alive Out There’ Suffers from Short-Sightedness
Reading Sloane Crosley's smaller sketches -- hardly "essays" -- are the equivalent of starting a car in the driveway and never taking it out for a ride.
On ‘Luggage’ and the Baggage We Carry
From Alfred Hitchock and Seinfeld to airport baggage claims, our luggage sure carries a lot of cultural and personal baggage.