Congratulations!

We are pleased to announce that the essay by Jannie Edwards, entitled “The Desiring Soul: The Liver and the Writing Life,” and Kat Joplin’s “How to Be a Super-Duber Hospital Patient in Japan,” were listed among the “Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction of 2024” in The Best American Essays, 2025. Congratulations!

The Best American Essays, 2025 was edited by guest editor Jia Tolentino and series editor Kim Dana Kupperman.

Jannie and Kat’s essays can be found in The Examined Life, Volume 12, 2024.

The journal remains available at https://theexaminedlifejournal.com/subscribe/ and at local bookstores Prairie Lights https://prairielights.com/ and Sidekick Coffee and Books https://www.sidekickcoffeebooks.com/.