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2018 book of essays by Zadie Smith
Feel Free: Essays is a 2018 book of essays by
Zadie Smith . It was published on 8 February 2018 by
Hamish Hamilton , an imprint of
Penguin Books . It has been described as "thoroughly resplendent" by
Maria Popova , who writes: "Smith applies her formidable mind in language to subjects as varied as music, the connection between dancing and writing,
climate change , Brexit, the nature of joy, and the confusions of personhood in the age of social media."
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Smith borrowed the title from
Nick Laird , her husband, who has also published a collection of poems by the same name.
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Reception
Feel Free was generally well-received among critics. According to
Book Marks , the book received "positive" reviews based on 6 critic reviews with 24 being "rave" and 11 being "positive" and 2 being "mixed".
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Feel Free won the 2018
National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism.
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The Times named it among 2018's best literary nonfiction.
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References
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Feel Free . February 8, 2018.
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Feel Free . March 7, 2019.
^ Popova, Maria,
"Zadie Smith on Optimism and Despair" , BrainPickings .
^ Kellaway, Kate (August 7, 2018).
"Feel Free by Nick Laird review – glimpses of elsewhere" .
The Observer .
ISSN
0029-7712 .
^ Bryant, Miranda (February 12, 2018).
"Zadie Smith: 'I asked to use my husband's book title. Feel free, he said' " .
Evening Standard . Retrieved December 24, 2018 .
^
"Feel Free" .
Bookmarks . Retrieved January 16, 2024 .
^ Hillel Italie (March 14, 2018).
"Zadie Smith, Anna Burns among winners of critics prizes" .
The Washington Post . The Associated Press. Archived from
the original on March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019 .
^
https://archive.today/20230314001605/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/books-of-the-year-2018-literary-nonfiction-579b0kxdt
Further reading
Adams, Tim (February 6, 2018).
"Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith review – anyone for a cultural thought experiment?" .
The Observer .
ISSN
0029-7712 .
Athitakis, Mark (February 5, 2018).
"Zadie Smith riffs on Jay-Z, Philip Roth and Justin Bieber in feel-good 'Feel Free' " .
USA Today . Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
Begley, Sarah (February 1, 2018).
"Zadie Smith's 'Feel Free' Shows She's a Renaissance Woman" .
Time . Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
Canfield, Kevin (February 2, 2018).
"Review: 'Feel Free: Essays,' by Zadie Smith" . Star Tribune . Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
Clark, Alex (February 3, 2018).
"Feel Free by Zadie Smith review – wonderfully suggestive essays" .
The Guardian .
ISSN
0261-3077 .
Fortini, Amanda (March 22, 2018).
"From Justin Bieber to Martin Buber, Zadie Smith's Essays Showcase Her Exuberance and Range" .
The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 .
Gentry, Amy (February 5, 2018).
"Review: 'Feel Free' by Zadie Smith" .
Chicago Tribune . Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
Grady, Constance (February 22, 2018).
"Zadie Smith's new book of essays proves she's as great a critic as she is a novelist" . Vox . Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
Muyumba, Walton (February 7, 2018).
"Zadie Smith's brilliance is on display in 'Feel Free' " .
Los Angeles Times . Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
Quan, Kristene (March 1, 2018).
"Review: Zadie Smith's insightful Feel Free leaves you wanting more" . The Globe and Mail .
Scholes, Lucy (February 7, 2018).
"Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith, review: They showcase some of Smith's best writing" .
The Independent . Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
Self, John (February 10, 2018).
"Feel Free by Zadie Smith review: rich and fascinating essays" .
The Irish Times . Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
Weir, Keziah (February 9, 2018).
"Zadie Smith Doesn't Want to Waste Her Time" . ELLE . Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
Williams, Thomas Chatterton (August 30, 2018).
"Sheer Enthusiasm" .
London Review of Books . pp. 37–39.
ISSN
0260-9592 .
"Zadie Smith: 'I have a very messy and chaotic mind' " .
The Guardian . January 21, 2018.
ISSN
0261-3077 .
External links
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