You know the version of the conversation game where everyone lists their choice of extraordinary dinner companions. I propose a collection of essayists. You might not always agree with them – in fact, I’m certain you won’t because they’d disagree with one another – but you’ll be in for fine and often highly amusing writing.
I’ll set aside
some well-known powerhouses such as James Baldwin, G. K. Chesterton, Joan Didion,
George Orwell, Jonathan Swift, and Tom Wolfe.
Here goes:
Arguably:
Essays by Christopher
Hitchens
Cultural
Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts by Clive James
Cultural
Cohesion: The Essential Essays
by Clive James
Essays in
Biography by Joseph
Epstein
In a Cardboard
Belt! Essays Personal, Literary, and Savage by Joseph Epstein
Latest
Readings by Clive James
Once More
Around the Block by
Joseph Epstein.
The Ideal of
Culture: Essays by Joseph
Epstein
Things Worth Fighting For: Collected Writings by Michael Kelly
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