Zadie Smith may be one of those writers who work best in the essay form. Sure, mine’s a minority opinion. But I’m struck how — relieved of the exertion (and stakes) of persuasive invention — certain ...

As a student, you often find yourself knee-deep in the semester's chaos. Lectures, assignments, and exams keep coming, and your time keeps slipping away. The pressure is mounting, and your to-do list ...

“If I have any gift at all,” Zadie Smith admits in one of the essays in Feel Free, “it’s for dialogue—that trick of breathing what-looks-like-life into a collection of written sentences.” Smith does ...