The Best American Essays 2025; Edited by Jia Tolentino MPS and provides a nuanced view

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The Best American Essays 2025; Edited by Jia Tolentino MPS and provides a nuanced viewThe essay has taught me how to live, writes Jia Tolentino, this years Best American Essays guest editor. In a time of escalating authoritarianism and disinformation, we turn to artists and writers to make sense of the world around us. The twenty one authors featured in this collection do not proselytize, nor do they claim to have all the answers. Instead, they teach with vulnerability, raw truths, and open questions. This volume offers testimonies and