"I do not think that the vocation of writer is superior to any other," writes Melissa Febos in her newest essay collection ... is in itself an example of the strength of personal narrative ...

‘I suppose—this sounds stupid, but I suppose I thought there’d be more of a narrative arc ... a sense of the arc of a life, and shows them examples of tentpole events that could ...

This essay is part of a series called ... of the idea that the unity of an individual life is consistent with the unity of the narrative that we recount about that life. To the philosopher Daniel ...

Many college applications require a personal essay ... the student's life, their love for writing and their connection to their family, Graves says. It was chosen as an example "to show our ...