8 Great Essay Collections for Your Reading Pleasure

Through June 18, Salon is sharing special recommended reading lists from the judges of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards

Published June 2, 2014 4:00PM (EDT)

PEN judges Geoff Dyer, Stanley Fish, Ariel Levy, and Cheryl Strayed chose these eight titles for the 2014 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay long list. Smart, funny, and the perfect literary escape.

Click here to explore other PEN Recommending Reading Lists

For more information on the PEN Literary Awards and these debut authors and their works please visit PEN.org


By PEN American Center