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Looking for an essay collection

Books to dip into. One essay before bed, kind of thing.
  1. Bluets — Maggie Nelson 2009
    240 numbered fragments, all about blue.
  2. Slouching Towards Bethlehem — Joan Didion 1968
    Still the gold standard.
  3. Trick Mirror — Jia Tolentino 2019
    Internet, drugs, identity, weddings.
  4. Thick — Tressie McMillan Cottom 2019
    Eight essays. Smart and incisive.
  5. The Empathy Exams — Leslie Jamison 2014
    Pain, medical actors, marathons.
  6. Late Migrations — Margaret Renkl 2019
    Birds, mother, the South.
  7. Pulphead — John Jeremiah Sullivan 2011
    Christian rock festival, Axl Rose, more.
  8. Consider the Lobster — DFW 2005
    The lobster essay alone is worth it.
  9. Upstream — Mary Oliver 2016
    Mary Oliver thinking about water and Whitman.
  10. Magical Negro — Morgan Parker essays/poems
    Hybrid. Singular voice.