2014 has already been called “The Year of the Debut” as a way of recognizing all the amazing debut novels published over the last twelve months. Now Jason Diamond is calling 2014 “The Year of the Essay,” pointing out the growing popularity in the non-fiction form and telling us why he values it so much:
Reading fiction is one of my true loves, but essays help me to understand things about the world, the writer, and if they’re really great, myself.
