Who else writes the kind of essays that David Foster Wallace writes?
The Best American essays series is quite good – each year has a different well known writer who picks their favorite essays from that year. Mark the writers you like and track down their collections – it’s like a sampler pack for essayists. If you want classic histories on the essay as a form, Check out the Art of the personal Essay edited by the famed Phillip Lopate. Some selections are academic, but it gives a solid lineage on the big names in essays (Montagne, Orwell, etc.) – It’s a fast way to find famous essayists you want more of. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, By Annie Dillard, is a modern powerhouse of essay writing. She’s a less sarcastic and more natura
