Pointless Essays

Substacknewsletter · by T. Hugh Crawford

Many of us, brutalized by freshman composition’s demand for thesis, argumentation, and conclusion, forget that essay is a verb— to essay, to explore, to try to uncover what matters, even if the criteria for mattering is murky.

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Pointless Essays is a Substack newsletter by T. Hugh Crawford covering Super Bowl tradition, NFL history and Sports culture. Its most recent indexed post is from Feb 10, 2024.

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