A true essay is "something hazarded, not definitive, not authoritative; something ventured on the basis of the author\'s personal experience and subjectivity," writes guest editor Jonathan Franzen in his introduction.
Whether the risks involved championing an unpopular opinion, the possibility of ruining a professional career, or irrevocably offending family, for Franzen, "the writer has to be lik.
However, his main criterion for selecting The Best American Essays 2016 was, in a word, risk.
A true essay is "something hazarded, not definitive, not authoritative; something ventured on the basis of the author\'s personal experience and subjectivity," writes guest editor Jonathan Franzen in his introduction