

Anne Fadiman
Essayist and professor known for literary journalism and essay collections (including Frog and Other Essays) and for teaching writing about the self at Yale.
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Mar 13, 2026 • 1h 8min
Anne Fadiman on Essays, Personal and Historical
Anne Fadiman, essayist and Yale teacher known for literary journalism and Frog and Other Essays, reflects on the craft of the personal essay and its roots in Montaigne. She recounts being an ‘oakling’ under famous parents, revives Hartley Coleridge’s story, and explores the strange comforts of the South Polar Times and Antarctic life. Short, curious, and vividly anecdotal.


