I've Been Wrong Before: Essays

Back when the library was open, sometimes I'd read a review of an upcoming book and put a hold on it and then forget about it until like 2-3 months later when it would show up on my holds shelf and I'd be like, “Oh yeah, I think I remember reading about this...“

Anyway this was one of those books, it made it just under the wire of library closure. I get why I'd request it–funny-sad essays, most of which are about travel, some of which are about drag queens...any of those things in a review would have triggered a hold for me. It was nice to read so much about travel right now, when I'm obviously not going anywhere. This is his debut essay collection and I feel like later in his career he could probably write some sharper, stronger essays? Like these were all interesting reads but they didn't necessarily all make points? Sometimes they kind of just sputter out.

Still, if you're called to by any of the basic points that called to me about this, you'll probably enjoy this.