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8 members active in July

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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

Anchit

Lifting the brand curse

Samuel Woods

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

Coco Liu

Something on China

Jillian Cardillo

personal essay

Activity

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.

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...

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...

JUL 1, 2026 | 8:00 p.m. ET

Samuel Woods published "What Happens, Exactly, When a Person Talks to an LLM?"

A phenomenology of thinking with a model.

2 comments

Ruben Cadonau commented Jul 8 at 8:10 a.m.

Naz Rahman commented Jul 5 at 1:45 p.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

2 comments

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

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

Tuesday | July 7th, 2026

JUN 27, 2026 | 9:52 a.m. ET

Manuel Mas-Bagà started "Greetings from Barcelona ,Spain"

Hi everyone!I'm Manuel, father of two boys: Nicolás (2.5 years old) and Lucas (15 months).I'm very e...

Introductions

3 comments

Lance Mason commented Jul 7 at 7:17 p.m.

Ruben Cadonau commented Jul 4 at 5:25 p.m.

Michael Dean commented Jul 2 at 4:15 p.m.

JUN 23, 2026 | 6:45 a.m. ET

Aaron Ho started "Hi everyone :)"

Hello all! I’m Aaron, based in New Zealand (probably a day ahead most of you guys).Most of my intere...

Introductions

2 comments

Lance Mason commented Jul 7 at 7:16 p.m.

Michael Dean commented Jun 24 at 8:24 p.m.

JUN 1, 2026 | 12:36 p.m. ET

Naz Rahman started "I'm new here"

Hello, I'm Naz Rahman, based in London. I'm a scientist, doctor, sustainable healthcare founder...

Introductions

3 comments

Lance Mason commented Jul 7 at 7:14 p.m.

Ruben Cadonau commented Jul 4 at 7:05 p.m.

Michael Dean commented Jun 8 at 10:15 a.m.

JUN 21, 2026 | 6:08 p.m. ET

Daniel Hunter started "Greetings from Los Angeles"

Hi folks!I'm stoked to be here, I should have joined ages ago. I have a renewed sense of urgency to ...

Introductions

2 comments

Lance Mason commented Jul 7 at 7:13 p.m.

Michael Dean commented Jun 22 at 8:24 a.m.

Monday | July 6th, 2026

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

1 comment

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

JUL 6, 2026 | 7:00 p.m. ET

14 members RSVP'd for "Essay Club: Ralph Waldo Emerson"

Saturday | July 4th, 2026

MAY 7, 2026 | 11:04 a.m. ET

Michael Dean started "New personal website"

I've been dabbling with a new personal website over the last few days and wanted to share it here! S...

Wins

3 comments

Ruben Cadonau commented Jul 4 at 6:51 p.m.

Clarke Scott commented May 30 at 9:22 p.m.

Lance Mason commented May 13 at 11:46 a.m.

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8 members active in July

Adam Siegel

Ruben Cadonau

Christopher Coffman

Michael Dean

Anchit

Samuel Woods

Coco Liu

Jillian Cardillo

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!"

Lance Mason requested feedback on "Start Smaller"

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

Samuel Woods published "What Happens, Exactly, When a Person Talks to an LLM?"

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

Tuesday | July 7th, 2026

Manuel Mas-Bagà started "Greetings from Barcelona ,Spain"

Aaron Ho started "Hi everyone :)"

Naz Rahman started "I'm new here"

Daniel Hunter started "Greetings from Los Angeles"

Monday | July 6th, 2026

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

14 members RSVP'd for "Essay Club: Ralph Waldo Emerson"

Saturday | July 4th, 2026

Michael Dean started "New personal website"

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