"Arranged into five sections--In the World, In the Audience, In theGallery, On the Bookshelf, and Feel Free--this new collection [of essays] poses questions we immediately recognize ... Gathering in one place for the first time previously unpublished work, as well as already classic essays, such as, 'Joy,' and, 'Find Your Beach,' [this collection] offers a survey of important recent events in culture and politics, as well as Smith's own life. Equally at home in the world of good books and bad politics, Brooklyn-born rappers and the work of Swiss novelists, she is by turns wry, heartfelt, indignant, and incisive--and never any less than perfect company"--Amazon.co
