A review by cchristensen
The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020 by Rachel Kushner
4.0
Rachel Kuscher exudes cool-tough-girl energy.
With this collection of true stories, she recounts the people she’s met or grown up with. Titling this “the Hard Crowd” is entirely accurate. Stories range from misunderstood artists, drugged out hippies, to the American justice system in a way that can’t help but hold your attention.
I am in awe of Rachel’s way to write stories in such a feminine yet hard way. While she might claim to be the soft one in a hard crowd, she’s the most badass author I’ve read in a while.
With this collection of true stories, she recounts the people she’s met or grown up with. Titling this “the Hard Crowd” is entirely accurate. Stories range from misunderstood artists, drugged out hippies, to the American justice system in a way that can’t help but hold your attention.
I am in awe of Rachel’s way to write stories in such a feminine yet hard way. While she might claim to be the soft one in a hard crowd, she’s the most badass author I’ve read in a while.