The Essay Prize is given each year to the work that best exemplifies the art of essaying—of inquiry, rumination, discovery, and change. Open to projects in any medium or form—be it text, film, radio, performance, or other—the Essay Prize intentionally stretches the definition of "essaying" in order to celebrate work that is defined by what it does—the activity that it engages in—rather than what it is—its "nonfictional" verifiability.
We asked some of our favorite essayists to compile a list of their own favorite essays of all time.
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By building a radio program around reinterpreting what we think we know about the world, Abumrad and Krulwich have created a space in which skepticism and wonder can coexist—a space that ends up feeling like the sensation of essaying itself.
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