July 2026

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11 members active in July

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Dolores Lucero

Not sure what it is yet, but it's something :)

Lance Mason

moving straight from an idea to a finished draft without stalling

Adam Siegel

Continuing my book proposal - the final piece is the sample chapter :)

Ruben Cadonau

I'm writing about the relationship of money and writing, and how it impacts not just me, but all of us.

Christopher Coffman

I'm going to write Part Two of the Antigone essay, focusing this time on King Creon and the polis, ie the political order.

Michael Dean

History of writing curriculums in the 20th century

Samuel Woods

I'm writing a round-up essay to close out my series on thinking with LLMs

Activity

Wednesday | July 15th, 2026

JUL 15, 2026 | 3:00 p.m. ET

11 members RSVP'd for "Essay Club: Feedback Wednesday"

Monday | July 13th, 2026

JUL 13, 2026 | 7:00 p.m. ET

15 members RSVP'd for "Essay Club: Susan Sontag"

JUL 13, 2026 | 8:15 a.m. ET

Dolores Lucero checked in for July 2026

Working on: "Not sure what it is yet, but it's something :)"

Planning to actually sit down and write this week, so I'll figure something out soon. :)

Sunday | July 12th, 2026

JUL 12, 2026 | 11:42 p.m. ET

Lance Mason checked in for July 2026

Working on: "moving straight from an idea to a finished draft without stalling"

I spend too much time over-analyzing the initial stages of writing, which slows down my output. Instead of focusing on a single, highly polished topic this month, I want to treat period as a training ground for speed. I'm focusing entirely on the mechanics of fast drafting so I can get comfortable moving from a blank page to a finished argument in one sitting.

JUL 12, 2026 | 6:42 a.m. ET

Naz Rahman checked in for July 2026

Working on: "Writing a 'Small Matter""

My essays take a long time for me to write. It's going to be very hard for me to write even one a month. I want to increase my output - I have too many ideas to keep them for essays - but without constraining the thinking, rabbit-holing, writing such that I don't feel happy with them. I'm thinking to start a new pillar / system "Small Matters" on my substack where hopefully I can make this work.

JUL 8, 2026 | 10:03 a.m. ET

Lance Mason requested feedback on "Start Smaller"

I'm looking for feedback on general structure and clarity. Does this piece make sense to you? What i...

1 response

Naz Rahman gave feedback Jul 12 at 6:27 a.m.

JUL 8, 2026 | 9:57 a.m. ET

Lance Mason requested feedback on "Keep Your Eye On The Ball"

Be brutally honest, critique the flow and how the ideas connect to one another. I'm experimenting wi...

1 response

Naz Rahman gave feedback Jul 12 at 6:15 a.m.

JUN 18, 2026 | 8:00 p.m. ET

Michael Dean published "How should an essay writer read differently?"

On building a syllabus, reading analytically, and the 12 essays we're reading in Essay Club

3 comments

Naz Rahman commented Jul 12 at 5:50 a.m.

Ruben Cadonau commented Jul 8 at 4:06 a.m.

Anchit commented Jul 3 at 1:58 p.m.

JUN 29, 2026 | 8:00 p.m. ET

Christopher Coffman published "Antigone, Homicidal Empathy and the Collapse of Politics"

TL; DR it's kind of amazing how "nothing is true" is a valid lens for Classical scholarship as well as today's news

1 comment

Naz Rahman commented Jul 12 at 5:50 a.m.

JUN 30, 2026 | 8:00 p.m. ET

Coco Liu published "One of Us"

On trusting strangers in Egypt

2 comments

Naz Rahman commented Jul 12 at 5:49 a.m.

Anchit commented Jul 2 at 4:31 p.m.

JUN 30, 2026 | 8:00 p.m. ET

Dolores Lucero published "Signs of Humanity No. 4 - Thank You Officemate"

Thanks for getting me out of my car and myself

2 comments

Naz Rahman commented Jul 12 at 5:49 a.m.

Coco Liu commented Jul 6 at 11:33 p.m.

Saturday | July 11th, 2026

MAY 31, 2026 | 8:00 p.m. ET

Lance Mason published "Whatever Madmen Do"

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4 comments

Aaron Ho commented Jul 11 at 6:34 a.m.

Lance Mason commented Jun 2 at 7:56 p.m.

Anchit commented Jun 2 at 7:29 p.m.

Michael Dean commented Jun 2 at 7:20 p.m.

JUL 11, 2026 | 12:44 a.m. ET

Paul Christy started "Hello from wildfire country"

Greetings, from a new member ... and one who's looking forward to participating with the group!I've ...

Introductions

Friday | July 10th, 2026

JUL 10, 2026 | 3:00 p.m. ET

8 members RSVP'd for "Essay Club: Feedback Friday"

Thursday | July 9th, 2026

JUL 9, 2026 | 8:35 p.m. ET

Paul Christy joined Essay Club

Welcome to the community!

JUL 9, 2026 | 8:35 p.m. ET

Stephen Morrison joined Essay Club

Welcome to the community!

JUN 30, 2026 | 8:00 p.m. ET

Naz Rahman published "Seeing Survival"

With Tracey Emin, giant maggots, and declarations of independence

2 comments

Ruben Cadonau commented Jul 9 at 9:00 a.m.

Coco Liu commented Jul 6 at 11:15 p.m.

Wednesday | July 8th, 2026

JUL 8, 2026 | 11:58 p.m. ET

Adam Siegel checked in for July 2026

Working on: "Continuing my book proposal - the final piece is the sample chapter :)"

Writing a book on the startup process

JUL 7, 2026 | 9:52 a.m. ET

Jillian Cardillo started "Hello from Washington, DC"

Hello! I'm Jillian, and I'm a writer and comedian living in the funniest place on Earth, Washington,...

Introductions

1 comment

Michael Dean commented Jul 8 at 12:36 p.m.

JUL 4, 2026 | 11:55 a.m. ET

Ruben Cadonau started "theologian unlearning academic writing – Hi from Ruben!"

Hi everyone, I’m Ruben, and I live in Switzerland. Currently doing my PhD in theology at the Univers...

Introductions

1 comment

Michael Dean commented Jul 8 at 12:30 p.m.

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11 members active in July

Dolores Lucero

Lance Mason

Naz Rahman

Adam Siegel

Ruben Cadonau

Christopher Coffman

Michael Dean

Anchit

Samuel Woods

Coco Liu

Jillian Cardillo

Wednesday | July 15th, 2026

11 members RSVP'd for "Essay Club: Feedback Wednesday"

Monday | July 13th, 2026

15 members RSVP'd for "Essay Club: Susan Sontag"

Dolores Lucero checked in for July 2026

Sunday | July 12th, 2026

Lance Mason checked in for July 2026

Naz Rahman checked in for July 2026

Lance Mason requested feedback on "Start Smaller"

Lance Mason requested feedback on "Keep Your Eye On The Ball"

Michael Dean published "How should an essay writer read differently?"

Christopher Coffman published "Antigone, Homicidal Empathy and the Collapse of Politics"

Coco Liu published "One of Us"

Dolores Lucero published "Signs of Humanity No. 4 - Thank You Officemate"

Saturday | July 11th, 2026

Lance Mason published "Whatever Madmen Do"

Paul Christy started "Hello from wildfire country"

Friday | July 10th, 2026

8 members RSVP'd for "Essay Club: Feedback Friday"

Thursday | July 9th, 2026

Paul Christy joined Essay Club

Stephen Morrison joined Essay Club

Naz Rahman published "Seeing Survival"

Wednesday | July 8th, 2026

Adam Siegel checked in for July 2026

Jillian Cardillo started "Hello from Washington, DC"

Ruben Cadonau started "theologian unlearning academic writing – Hi from Ruben!"

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