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Mar 27, 2018liljables rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Having only read Smith's fiction in the past, I was more than pleasantly surprised by her non-fiction voice. Feel Free introduces you to a writer who is an unabashed fan of culture, with all its lofty highs and deliciously tawdry lows. I would describe Smith's writing as a feminist, slightly less snarky, and somehow both more highbrow and more lowbrow version of Chuck Klosterman. That's totally clear, right? Some stand-out bits for me include an early essay on the importance of public libraries (obviously); a piece about the Jamaican diaspora that's really a love letter to Sean Paul's "Get Busy"; and the absolutely delightful "Some Notes on Attunement," in which Smith writes about falling in love with Joni Mitchell.