Hard to Love : Essays and Confessions Condition:Very Good Hailed upon publication as a

Hailed upon publication as a cogent and hard-hitting critique

straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither

Homegoing makes history visceral

The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals

Hard to Love : Essays and Confessions Condition:Very Good Hailed upon publication as aA sharp and entertaining essay collection about the importance of multiple forms of love and friendship in a world designed for couples, from a laser precise new voice. Sometimes it seems like there are two American creeds, self reliance and marriage, and neither of them is mine. I experience myself as someone formed and sustained by others' love and patience, by student loans and stipends, by the kindness of strangers. Briallen Hopper's Hard to Love