Notable Essay in BAE 2023

 

You guys! My epistolary essay in last year's South Dakota Review, "Letters to Wakoski" made it to the "Notable Essays" in the back of this year's Best American Essays 2023. That means it made it to the top 100 essays. Third time this has happened. I'm knocking on their door!

You can buy that issue of SDR here:

https://www.coyotestore.usd.edu/product-p/56_3.htm

 

 

Notable essay in BAE 2022!!!!

My essay "Tower Point Lookout," originally published in Lammergeier, made the "Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2021" in Best American Essays 2022!! (not in it, but made their top 100 list!.) Thankful for this!

Here's the link to the essay:
https://www.lammergeier.org/post/tower-point-lookout-john-yohe

I made the "Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2020"!!!!

Wha??? My essay "Pacific Blues," which appeared in Entropy, made the "Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2020" list in the back of The Best American Essays of 2021!!!!

Here's the link:

https://entropymag.org/the-waters-pacific-blues/