Like I said before, this book "might" help you out and/or put you in the mood to produce or one-up. Not all essays are actually that good and I think that's a good thing.
I'd like to focus on "off beat" essays, and I found a sample from the book at the following link:
You can click on Alexis Spero's essay further down in the introduction. I'd like you guys to write an "off beat" essay for next class (the next class we workshop).
