RaveThe Washington Independent Review of BooksHer stories and essays, written while she was in her late teens and early twenties, have been published posthumously ... The Opposite of Loneliness is that collection of both stories and essays. While a count tallies more pages as fiction, the nonfiction section, which includes nine personal essays, feels far more substantial and heavily weighted ... Her writing is provocative and intelligent, the voice steady and consistent, no matter the shifts in genre or the changes in point of view. Her fiction is a collection of short, quirky stories about love and loss, disappointment and betrayal ... These stories and essays are the inhale and the slow exhale of that deep breath at the top of the tower. And they are everything in between.
Neil Gaiman
PositiveThe Washington Independent Review of BooksReading this collection is a journey into the mind of a writer, a revelation of unexpected questions, and a thought-provoking quest for answers. Along the way, Gaiman offers lessons on how to listen, how to read, and how to value honest writing ... This book is a study in the power of observation. It brings to light Gaiman’s attention to language, to literature, and to everything that makes up a cultural life.
