Recently Consumed

• Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
  Wow. I came in on ‘Me Talk Pretty One Day’, so I have previously been exposed only to a more refined version of his trademark mixture, that of loopy hilarity and anger so old it’s become a treasured heirloom. Here, that mix is still slightly unfused, somehow making it that much purer, and making me more uncomfortable than I have ever been about how much I identify with the author. It speaks more of me than the book that I didn’t love it, but I didn’t, and the best I can think to say is that he has become a better writer with each collection