The Lost List

"The Lost List" by Ryan Bradley. First published in The Sewanee Review, Spring, 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://thesewaneereview.com/articles/lost-list

If You Ever Find Yourself

"If You Ever Find Yourself" by Erika J. Simpson. First published in The Audacity, December 22, 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://audacity.substack.com/p/if-you-ever-find-yourself

At the Bend of the Road

"At the Bend of the Road" by Aube Rey Lescure. First published in Guernica, July 20, 2021

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://www.guernicamag.com/at-the-bend-of-the-road/

Mother Country

"Mother Country" by Elias Rodriques. First published in Virginia Quarterly Review, Summer 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://www.vqronline.org/summer-2021/essays/mother-country

Anatomy of a Botched Assimilation

"Anatomy of a Botched Assimilation" by Jesus Quintero. First published in Your Impossible Voice, #24.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/anatomy-of-a-botched-assimilation/

My Gentile Region

"My Gentile Region" by Gary Shteyngart. First published in The New Yorker, October 11, 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/11/a-botched-circumcision-and-its-aftermath

What She Would Always and Should Always Be Doing

"What She Would Always and Should Always Be Doing" by Kaitlyn Greenidge. First published in BuzzFeed, April 6, 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kaitlyngreenidge/i-thought-i-wanted-to-act-but-i-just-wanted-voice

China Brain

"China Brain" by Andrea Long Chu. First published in n+1, #41.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-41/essays/china-brain/

Among Men

"Among Men" by Calvin Gimpelevich. First published in Ploughshares, Issue 148, Summer 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://pshares.org/issue-article/among-men/

Between These Lives, Azeroth

"Between These Lives, Azeroth" by Tanner Akoni Laguatan. First published in Wired, February 19, 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://www.wired.com/story/world-of-warcraft-escape-memorial/

The Wrong Jason Brown

"The Wrong Jason Brown" by Jason Brown. First published in The New Yorker, May 2, 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/the-wrong-jason-brown

The Gamble

"The Gamble" by Lina Mounzer. First published in Freeman's, 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://groveatlantic.com/book/freemans-change/

Ghost Bread

"Ghost Bread" by Angelique Stevens. First published in Prism, 59/2.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://prism-epayments.sites.olt.ubc.ca/ubc-product/59-2-winter-2021/

Her Kind

"Her Kind" by Naomi Jackson. First published in Harper's Magazine, December 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/her-kind-on-losing-and-finding-my-mind-naomi-jackson-memoir/

Futurity

"Futurity" by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich. First published in Harvard Review, #57, September 2, 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://www.harvardreview.org/content/futurity/

It Had to Be Gold

"It Had to Be Gold" by Justin Torres. First published in Los Angeles Times Image, March 19, 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/image/story/2021-03-17/justin-torres-gold-chains-iconic-fashion-trends-reflection

The Gye, the No-Name Hair Salon, the Coup d'Ètat, and the Small Dreamers

"The Gye, the No-Name Hair Salon, the Coup d'Ètat, and the Small Dreamers" by Jung Hae Chae. First published in New England Review, 42/4.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://www.nereview.com/vol-42-no-4-2021/

Baby Yeah

"Baby Yeah" by Anthony Veasna So. First published in n+1, #39.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-39/essays/baby-yeah/

The Wild, Sublime Body

"The Wild, Sublime Body" by Melissa Febos. First published in The Yale Review (online), March 10, 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://yalereview.org/article/wild-sublime-body

Ghosts

"Ghosts" by Vauhini Vara. First published in The Believer, August 9, 2021.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2022
• Read at: https://www.thebeliever.net/ghosts/