Writer in residence
Mara Ellison
Essayist · Portland, MaineFormer newspaper editor. Writes about craft, attention, and the places where the two meet. Her essays appear here every other Sunday.
All essays · 4201What the River RemembersEssay · 3 Sept 202611 min02The Long Sentence and Why We Stopped Trusting ItEssay · 28 Aug 20269 min03A Letter to a Young ReporterLetters · 14 Aug 20267 min04Slow Reading in a Fast HouseEssay · 12 Jul 202611 min05Entry 131 — The CranesJournal · 2 Jul 20263 min06The Harbour Files, Part IVEssay · Feb 202616 min