In February, I wrote a guest piece for the Daily Cal’s yearly Sex Issue about how “the personal is not always political,” in which I tried to explore quite a few topics in about 800 words: I ...

The Palace is worried about Prince Harry's recent essay. The Duke of Sussex wrote about his British identity, saying he "currently" lives in the United States. "Royal aides are sweating." Prince Harry ...

As someone who has spent more than two decades helping high school students navigate how to write personal essays for their college applications, I regularly advise them to answer prompts fully, stick ...

Patricia Foster writes what is known as the “personal essay.” And they are personal, indeed. Her very successful first book, “All the Lost Girls: Confessions of a Southern Daughter,” was followed by ...

As the college essay program manager for Write the World, a nonprofit writing organization for teens, I oversee a group of advisers who guide students through the essay writing process. I have seen ...