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He references Susan Sontag’s famous essay “Notes on Camp” to say there are two kinds of camp humor, one that is unknowing and another that is knowing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Then came his 1849 essay, later read by people like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

An essay the filmmaker penned for the Norwegian magazine “D2” in 2012 has recently resurfaced, putting his new film into a stranger perspective.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

He had done a good deal of writing at the table beneath that tree, calling it a “strong-willed, powerful thing in-itself, reaching up and reaching down” in his 1924 essay “Pan in America.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“We can talk about it more if you’re interested. All you’ll have to do is write a short essay about what ‘environmental stewardship’ means to you.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy