Aatish Taseer+

Nigerian novelist and essayist whose long-form nonfiction on feminism, grief, and politics commands a global readership.

Moroccan-American essayist and novelist on immigration, identity, and politics.

Pulitzer-winning book critic at New York magazine known for sharp, polemical essays that engage authors' politics head-on.

Washington Post nonfiction critic and author of All Things Are Too Small, writing stylish criticism in praise of excess.

Bestselling essayist, cultural critic, and editor whose newsletter The Audacity publishes her own essays and showcases emerging writers.

British essayist and genre-blurring nonfiction writer whose career-spanning collections model the wandering, idiosyncratic essay.

An American writer and activist who writes on a wide range of subjects, including feminism, the environment, and social change.

MacArthur Fellow, sociologist, and NYT columnist writing essays on race, class, and culture from a Southern Black feminist vantage.