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After Montaigne: Contemporary Essayists Cover the Essays

By David Lazar (Editor), Patrick Madden (Editor), Chris Arthur (Contribution by), Barrie Jean Borich (Contribution by), Steven Church (Contribution by), Brian Doyle (Contribution by), Lisa Ferreira (Contribution by), Vivian Gornick (Contribution by), Wayne Koestenbaum (Contribution by), Shannon Lakanen (Contribution by), Desirae Matherly (Contribution by), Maggie Nelson (Contribution by), Jose Orduna (Contribution by), Elena Passarello (Contribution by), Kristen Radtke (Contribution by), Amy Scott (Contribution by), Jerald Walker (Contribution by), Marcia Aldrich (Contribution by), Robert Atwan (Contribution by), Mary Cappello (Contribution by), Danielle Cadena Deulen (Contribution by), E. J. Levy (Contribution by), Phillip Lopate (Contribution by), Bret Lott (Contribution by), Lia Purpura (Contribution by), Nicole Walker (Contribution by), Judith Ortiz Cofer (Contribution by), Lina M. Ferreira (Contribution by), Robin Hemley (Contribution by)
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By David Lazar (Editor), Patrick Madden (Editor), Chris Arthur (Contribution by), Barrie Jean Borich (Contribution by), Steven Church (Contribution by), Brian Doyle (Contribution by), Lisa Ferreira (Contribution by), Vivian Gornick (Contribution by), Wayne Koestenbaum (Contribution by), Shannon Lakanen (Contribution by), Desirae Matherly (Contribution by), Maggie Nelson (Contribution by), Jose Orduna (Contribution by), Elena Passarello (Contribution by), Kristen Radtke (Contribution by), Amy Scott (Contribution by), Jerald Walker (Contribution by), Marcia Aldrich (Contribution by), Robert Atwan (Contribution by), Mary Cappello (Contribution by), Danielle Cadena Deulen (Contribution by), E. J. Levy (Contribution by), Phillip Lopate (Contribution by), Bret Lott (Contribution by), Lia Purpura (Contribution by), Nicole Walker (Contribution by), Judith Ortiz Cofer (Contribution by), Lina M. Ferreira (Contribution by), Robin Hemley (Contribution by)
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Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533–92). But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored. After Montaigne—a collection of twenty—four new personal essays intended as tribute—aims to correct this collective lapse of memory and introduce modern readers and writers to their stylistic forebear.

Though it’s been over four hundred years since he began wri...

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