The final part of any written paper should sum up everything that was mentioned in the text. It should be a defiant and resembling verbal stroke. Think of a conclusion as a beautiful bow on a wrapped ...

Robert Atwan, the founder of The Best American Essays series, picks the 10 best essays of the postwar period. Links to the essays are provided when available. To my mind, the best essays are deeply ...

So you've been assigned to write an essay. You know you'll be spending the next few weeks of your life with this sort of hanging over your head, you'll do a lot of writing and asking yourself "What on ...