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To mark the 30th anniversary of Nuala O’Faolain’s memoir Are You Somebody?, publishers New Island

Like you, my relationship with essays started in school. And it was very one-sided. Essays

What is the personal essay? The personal essay is the freest form of literature: this

The word ‘essay’ strikes fear into many hearts, with its connotations of heavy academic papers

Part of our identity and our abilities may be hidden away like treasures at the bottom

The wonderful Nora Ephron summed it up beautifully when she said in one of the

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