In the wake of 9\/11, Americans have grappled with the profound political, social, and psychological repercussions of the attacks. These essays, written over the past decade, work to make meaning from the tragedy.<\/p>\n
David Remnick muses on the decade since the towers fell<\/a>. “When the Towers Fell,” The New Yorker.<\/p>\n The late David Foster Wallace notes the preponderance of American flags<\/a> in his small Illinois town. “The View from the Midwest,” Rolling Stone.<\/p>\n Life Magazine compiles its galleries of 9\/11 photographs<\/a>.<\/p>\n Slate editor David Plotz wonders why he doesn’t know anybody who died in the attacks. He does the math<\/a>, and concludes “we are all mourners at the second degree.”\u00a0 “Life’s Odds and September 11th,” Slate.<\/p>\n David Guterson, author of Snow Falling on Cedars<\/em>, considers God and country<\/a> on the road in the weeks following the attacks. “Unplanned Road Trip,” Granta.<\/p>\n