Word: essays
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Voice. Now comes this mod est revival. U.S.A. (1938), District of Columbia and Most Likely to Succeed (1954) have been reissued. World in a Glass, a shrewdly selected anthology from all the novels, with an essay by Kenneth S. Lynn, has just been published coincidentally with The Best Times, a compilation of new sketches described as "an informal memoir" -which is probably the closest thing to an autobiography that can be expected this modest...
...Department voted to eliminate its sophomore essay requirement and to give junior general examinations. The tutors had requested an end to the essay, but their chief complaint was that too many seniors were being allowed to take honors and write a thesis...
...TIME'S Essay "What the Negro Has -and Has Not-Gained" is concise and beautifully written, and cuts to the heart of the situation...
...About your Essay "Provincialism Is Dead" [Oct. 21]: Provincialism is alive and hiding in Salt Lake City...
...blind spot in your Essay: you say, "The New Yorker knows that he is making a selection among the best that is available." That word knows is the very essence of New York. Less provincial would have prompted thinks or believes...