I attended a wonderful event at the JCC last night, author William Gibson in conversation with Berkeley robotics professor Ken Goldberg. Gibson was there to promote his latest book, the essay collection Distrust That Particular Flavor. A full review will come later, but in the meantime, here are 5 essay collections that I believe every aspiring essayist, and every lover of the form, should dive into at some point.

Quarrel & Qundary, by Cynthia Ozick

Against Interpretation, by Susan Sontag

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Essays of E.B. White, by E.B. White

Just As I Thought, by Grace Paley

Slouching Toward Bethlehem, by Joan Didion