A review by jpfriday
Against Everything: Essays by Mark Greif

4.0

“... to dissolve rules and compromises in a gallon or a drop, while an ocean of possibility rolls around us.” Mark Greif’s essays take you through all kinds of weather – opaque fogs of confusion, politically charged hazes, and some blindingly clear skies. “Against Everything” asks its reader to re-think experiences both arbitrary and profound: what exercise is doing to us, how pop mobilizes language, our very relationship to the concept of “experience.” It’s a lot. It’s also uneven, and wordy. But it’s a book that launches you out of its covers with fresh eyes.