Essay Architecture

Let's Diagram 100 Classic Essays

The Odyssey, diagramming David Foster Wallace for Essay Club, and why good compression doesn't replace the original

Jul 4 • Michael Dean

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June 2026

Summer syllabus for Essay Club

Mondays at 7pm ET, 12 classics between now and Labor Day

Jun 20 • Michael Dean

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10 decisions from after the molt

New website, new reading club starting June 15th, new everything?

Jun 13 • Michael Dean

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April 2026

Elon's million-dollar writing prize was of course a scheme

On missions and anti-missions

Apr 19 • Michael Dean

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Buy my book: The Best Internet Essays 2025

Order by Monday, 4/6; 100% of royalties go to the writers, judges, and 2026 prize pool

Apr 4 • Michael Dean

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We are big floating heads looking for our bodies

A conversation with Tommy Dixon

Apr 1 • Michael Dean

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March 2026

Human-shaped sensemaking

Why essays see what algorithms can't (the themes in The Best Internet Essays 2025)

Mar 22 • Michael Dean

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Winners of the $10k essay prize

Congrats to Tommy Dixon and the 10 finalists in our new print anthology, The Best Internet Essays 2025

Mar 11 • Michael Dean

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December 2025

November 2025

November 2025 logs

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Nov 30, 2025

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Quality is the transcendence of categories

Announcing the judges for the 2025 Essay Architecture Prize & the judging system that will shape the anthology

Nov 23, 2025 • Michael Dean

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November 10th-16th

Nov 19, 2025 • Michael Dean

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