I really enjoyed this collection, in large part because it's hard for me to imagine her life and what being with her would actually be like. I don't know how someone would get into these situations so seemingly easily, and shares kind of horrifying things as normal happenings, which I guess they just are. and with humor and ease.

this review in Lux resonated with me; I need to find the story mentioned where she rails against bourgeois living that didn't get included in the collection: lux-magazine.com/article/cookie-mueller/

I think the collection dragged a bit for me at the end, but there were some gems - especially the cuts from ask dr mueller. I always find it hard when collections get choppier in format toward the end - attention wanes and find it hard to get back to, even when enjoying. should treat it instead as something to sit aside and come back to.

riyl eve babitz, but bigger than LA and with better politics