Pop Song: Adventures In Art & Intimacy

A Warm And Expansive Portrait Of A WomanS Mind That Feels At Once Singular And Universal, This Collection Of Essays Interweaves Commentary On Modern Life, Feminism, Art, And Sex With The AuthorS Own Experiences Of Obsession, Heartbreak, And Vulnerability (Buzzfeed).Like A Song That Feels Written Just For You, Larissa PhamS Debut Work Of Nonfiction Captures The Imagination And Refuses To Let Go. Pop Song Is A Book About Love And About Falling In Love-With A Place, Or A Painting, Or A Person-And The Joy And Terror Inherent In The Experience Of That Love. Plumbing The Well Of Culture For Clues And Patterns About Love And Loss-From Agnes MartinS Abstract Paintings To James TurrellS Transcendent Light Works, And Anne CarsonS Eros The Bittersweet To Frank OceanS Blonde-Pham Writes Of Her Youthful Attempts To Find Meaning In Travel, Sex, Drugs, And Art, Before Sensing That She Might Need To Turn Her Gaze Upon Herself. Pop Song Is Also A Book About Distances, Near And Far. As She Travels From Taos, New Mexico, To Shanghai, China And Beyond, Pham Meditates On The Miles We Are Willing To Cover To Get Away From Ourselves, Or Those Who Hurt Us, And The Impossible Gaps That Can Exist Between Two People Sharing A Bed. Pop Song Is A Book About All The Routes By Which We Might Escape Our Own Needs Before Finally Finding A Way Home. There Is Heartache In These Pages, But PhamS Electric Ways Of Seeing Create A Perfectly Fractured Portrait Of Modern Intimacy That Is Triumphant In Both Its Vulnerability And Restlessness. Each Of The Essays In This Debut Collection Reads Like A Mini-Memoir . . . In Which The Author Reflects On Her Experiences Of Young Love, Trauma, And Transcendence Through Discussions Of Art And Music . . . With An Intimacy That Is At Once Tender And Expansive. -New York Magazine