#essays

Lapham's Quarterly

Literary magazine exploring history and ideas through themed essays, primary sources, and contemporary commentary.

Tom MacWright

Thoughtful essays on software, maps, and technology. Creator of several popular open source projects.

Wait But Why

Tim Urban's long-form illustrated essays. AI, procrastination, Fermi paradox, and more.

Ribbonfarm

Venkatesh Rao's longform essays on organizations, technology, and thinking.

RogerEbert.com

Continuing Roger Ebert's legacy of film criticism. Thoughtful reviews and essays on cinema.

Jeff Kaufman

Wide-ranging essays on effective altruism, parenting, contra dancing, and technical topics. Refreshingly honest.

Paul Graham

Essays on startups, programming, and life from the co-founder of Y Combinator. Influential and often contrarian.

Aeon

Essays on philosophy, science, and society. Deep thinking for curious minds.

Brain Pickings

Maria Popova on literature, science, and wisdom. Now The Marginalian.

Arts & Letters Daily

Curated links to essays and reviews. The thinking person's homepage.

London Review of Books

Literary and cultural essays. Some of the best long-form writing.

New York Review of Books

Essays and reviews on books and ideas. Intellectual discourse since 1963.

Public Domain Review

Curated essays on public domain works. Rediscovering forgotten treasures.

Gwern Branwen

Extensive essays on statistics, psychology, technology, and self-experiments. A masterclass in long-form web writing.

The Pudding

Visual essays that explain ideas through data and design. Journalism meets data visualization.