Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service

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Isen’s debut essay collection reveals her as a multihyphenate talent—voice actor, singer, editor, writer, law school graduate—with a delicious knack for wordplay and language … The strongest essay, which lends its name to the book’s title, examines the relationship white women have to power and pain … A central weakness of the book: It already feels dated. Scanning the table of contents feels like reading a list of Twitter’s most popular trending topics from 2020. In the churn of the current news cycle, it seems inevitable that not every moment referenced would have cultural staying power, but it’s especially frustrating when Isen chooses intentionally ephemeral data points … She admits to ‘keeping an eye on the writers at the vanguard, seeing what kind of behavior gets rewarded,’ and that’s reflected in the originality of Some of My Best Friends’ content—but it’s Isen’s original perspective and clever language that will win over readers.

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