Coen Meerbeek writes short personal essays in Dutch on work, life and whatever occupies his mind, often reacting to Volkskrant pieces and podcasts. Recent issues cover the historical normalisation of Nazi comparisons, the value of friction and effort in learning, and the role of deliberate practice in becoming good at something.
Website: https://www.coenm.nl/
Personal essays on relationships, thinking, creativity and agency, written from a family life on a Baltic island. Readers get reflective, exploratory writing that works through questions such as why music moves us and how to get unstuck creatively.
Personal essays that use art, philosophy, literature and pop culture to examine experiences that are hard to put into words, such as talent, desire and love. Readers get reflective, richly referenced writing with a distinct authorial voice.
Christina Larocco writes personal and historical essays that braid family stories with ideas from history, such as the myth of individual genius and the cultural origins of ideas. Readers get reflective, well-researched essays that connect everyday life to larger questions about meaning, creativity and mortality.
Long-form personal essays and cultural commentary on British politics, class and education, mental health diagnosis debates, and academic conduct. The writing is literary and argumentative, with historical context and personal anecdote.
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