Topic: 2017 Best Personal Essays

Timothy McVeigh, Randall Coyne

Best of 2017: McVeigh, my dad & me

Marley Coyne
Office Hours Sign

A borderline intimate education

J. Munroe
Luxo Jr.

Best of 2017: This little light

Spencer Porter
Do Not Disturb Sign

Preyed upon by a Hollywood director

Ainsley McWha
Suburbs

Best of 2017: The mothering class

TaraShea Nesbit
Bikini

The day I put my bikini away

T. Runyan
Dadaab, Kenya

Best of 2017: Danger in my belly

Boyah J. Farah
Ronald Reagan

Of mice and murder, and Ronald Reagan

Peter Birkenhead
Hands

This "cool black girl" is gone

Maya Rupert
Threesome

Stop breaking up with my girlfriend

Nick Rowan Bassman
Marijuana

Best of 2017: Bigfoot, bullets and bud

Tara Anaïse
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