A review by literarycrushes
Pop Song: Adventures in Art & Intimacy by Larissa Pham

5.0

There is so much to love about Pop Song by Larissa Pham. This collection of essays is heart breaking and beautiful in the way that a really great breakup album is. It’s both vulnerable and analytical. Her writing style reminded me of some of my favorite authors, Rebecca Solnit and Maggie Nelson (both of whom she references throughout), particularly as she writes about intimacy and desire. Each sentence was like a love poem, and I wanted to highlight every other line in the book. In one essay, Pham writes about getting a tattoo that reads, simply, ‘sensitive,’ which would have been a fitting alternate title.