The New Journal

Personal Essays

A Special Type of Relativity

A personal essay by Phoebe Liu.

Personal Essays

Baring All

The naked truth about nude modeling.

Personal Essays

Digging It

"That is not my apricot; my apricot is some other apricot."

Personal Essays

High Water

Over the course of three days, the author fasts, drinks, and hikes into the feet of the Sierras.

Personal Essays

A Whole Latte Love

Love and loss at Starbucks.

Personal Essays

Beneath the Beinecke

Hundreds of early editions of Whitman's Leaves of Grass.

Personal Essays

Forgetting Everything

A Chinese-American reflection on Yale's Light Fellowship.

Personal Essays

Bare Market

Exploring East Street's Catwalk Club.

Personal Essays

Crumbs

A layered look a the human body

Personal Essays

Hidden World

When Jack returned to New Haven, he noticed the squirrels.

By the Book

Safe as Houses

Salt of the Earth

Acts of Service

A Place to Linger

Old World, New Haven

School Was the Last Thing on My Mind

The Campaign to Convince

Yale’s Most Secret Society

Eye Candy

Free Market

Reopening, Restricted

Imagining Myself

On Giants’ Shoulders

Sever

Personal Essays

A Special Type of Relativity

Baring All

Digging It

High Water

A Whole Latte Love

Beneath the Beinecke

Forgetting Everything

Bare Market

Crumbs

Hidden World