Holy smart person. Tressie McMillan Cottom is an incredible writer and more importantly thinker. She is connecting dots I’ve not ever seen connected. She is amazing at writing “the turn” in these essays. Also she is narrow in focus in each essay which allows for depth and real interrogation. Also she’s funny, smart funny. That’s important too. I also struggled with reading these essays, the language was so deliberate I had to reread because I would get confused. Not a dig at the author, more an observation that she doesn’t make herself litter for her reader. This is smart work. This is real important writing.

Reread: these essays are better the second time through. They still work and seem to have enough legs go feel relevant even years into the future. Her writing is so good. She is so smart.