Pointless Essays
T. Hugh CrawfordMany of us, brutalized by freshman composition’s demand for thesis, argumentation, and conclusion, forget that essay is a verb— to essay, to explore, to try to uncover what matters, even if the criteria for mattering is murky.
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On Missing the Super Bowl
On Missing the Super Bowl
One January day in 1967, my family gathered in Lacey and Margaret Boyer’s basement around a grainy black and white television with a rabbit ear antenna to watch the NFL/AFL Championship game, the first Super Bowl....
A Walker of Rivers
A Walker of Rivers
Water–you’d have thought I’d had enough of it. Starting the Te Araroa on September 1st (against the advice of everyone consulted), I sloshed my way through the Herekino and Rataea forests, splashed up the Mangapukahukanu...
Soft Shell Crabs and Wonder Bread
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Learning to Walk Again
A few years ago some French trekking friends asked me to write an essay for their blog. I gave them this: Why I Walk. There, my opening point was that the reason I do long-distance trekking is because I can. That is, I am acutely aware of t...
La Sebastiana
There were no seashells, there in Neruda’s house. Maps, boats, and bottles, but no shells. Pablo, where did you leave them? And why is there no trace, except a mother-of-pearl inlaid table which I’m sure didn’t come from your beachcombing?...
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