Narrative Matters, the personal essay section of Health Affairs, publishes firsthand stories that explore the personal, ethical, and moral issues of delivering or receiving health care—and that carry ...

Narrative essays are completely different from the tasks we get in academia more often. Narratives can be written using personal pronouns. Moreover, you don’t have to spend hours looking for relevant ...

It is an assignment that many high school upperclassmen wish they could skip. Some even dread it. Yet they still have to do it. "This is a tough assignment," Gelb said. "But this is the one place in ...

A patient in his nineties and in decline chooses the only legal way in most of the United States to hasten his death: He stops eating and drinking. His doctor wonders whether that is just or ...

The first-person narrative essay has a long emotional history with the Internet. In this week’s Culture Gabfest Slate Plus bonus segment, Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf muse over ...

Every year more than a million students use the Common Application, a standardized electronic form accepted by more than 1,000 colleges, to apply to college. And every year since 1976, the Common App, ...

It’s a source of no small irony to read George Orwell’s essays in the closing days of this election season -- although not for the reasons one might expect. Sure, there have been plenty of Orwellian ...

With autumn leaves and brisk morning air comes the start of college applications season. As deadlines loom, high school seniors feverishly refine resumes, triple-check transcripts, prepare for ...

Academic writing has many forms, including articles, essays, research papers, journals, and others. Generally, articles and essays are often used interchangeably. However, there are subtle differences ...