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<p>After three years of publishing daily pieces online <em>the post </em><em>calvin</em> is proud to present <em>the post </em><em>calvin</em><em>: selected essays</em>. Editors Josh deLacy Will Montei Debra Rienstra and Abby Zwart have gathered suggestions from writers and chosen pieces that represent the heart and soul of <em>the post </em><em>calvin</em>.</p><p><em>the post </em><em>calvin</em> is a daily online journal that features twenty-eight regular writers. Each writer is responsible for one day of the month and guest writers ll the remaining two or three days. ree years in <em>the post </em><em>calvin</em> has featured more than one hundred writers—all Calvin alumni and all under thirty.</p><p>This new anthology featuring eighty-eight pieces arranged into fourteen sections highlights both the diversity of topics covered on the website as well as the common threads tying them all together. “I am a quilt of a person” reads the epigraph to the first section (“Growing Pains”). Indeed each writer weaves a picture of twenty-something life through their writing describing new love or a new job adventures with potato salad or with potty training. Part of what makes <em>the post </em><em>calvin</em> unique is this range of writers who are willing and able to write beautifully about any number of topics. Observations about technology lie next to ones about nature a movie review follows a story about sex.</p><p>It may seem from the outset that perhaps an alma mater and a similar age are all these writers<br />have in common but the real draw here is the connections perceptive readers will start to make. Be it Budapest or Kentucky they all travel (“Departures”). Be it students or a congregation they all teach (“Classroom 101” and “Nine to Five”). Be it depression or alcoholism they all struggle (“Gray Matters”). Be it a tour guide or a teacher they all know some incredible people (“Portrait Gallery”).</p><p>With meticulous book design by Josh deLacy and beautiful illustrations by Maria Smilde <em>the post </em><em>calvin</em><em>: selected essays</em> is a book that any lover of Calvin College millennials or good writing can be proud to read and share.</p>