- Jesse Browner, “Quote Unquote” (The Paris Review)
- Erin Coulehan, “Leading the double Instagram life: When the secret “fake” account looks infinitely more real” (Salon)
- Briallen Hopper, “On Spinsters” (Los Angeles Review of Books)
- Julie Lythcott-Haims, “Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out” (Slate)
- Brett Martin, “How This Chef Saved My Life” (GQ)
- Patt Morrison,”Privilege makes them do it — what a study of Internet trolls reveals” (The LA Times)
- George Plimpton & Frank H. Crowther, “E. B. White, The Art of the Essay No. 1” (The Paris Review)
- Maria Popova, “Georgia O’Keeffe on Art, Life, and Setting Priorities” (Brainpickings)
- Zadie Smith, “What It Means to Be Addicted to Reading” (Oprah’s Book Club)
- Katy Waldman, “The Incredible Shrinking Zeitgeist: How Did This Great Word Lose Its Meaning?” (Slate)
- Gary Younge, “Farewell to America” (The Guardian)