![]() ![]() In Trick Mirror, we get the delight of Tolentino over nine sprawling essays, each guided by the conviction with which she presents all her cosmopolitan obsessions. ‘Writing is either a way to shed my self-delusions or a way to develop them,’ she writes, in a sentence so stylish and slick that you almost believe her. ![]() However, in Tolentino’s case, it’s difficult to imagine she arrives at her keyboard being anything other than trustworthy to herself. The very act of writing can help one form ideas and dispel uneasiness over difficult subjects, paving the way for observations to be unearthed. It’s not that this is an unusual way for writers to approach their craft. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusionįor a writer who produces bold and self-assured work as consistently as Jia Tolentino, it can be difficult to believe her when she states, in the introduction to her debut collection of essays, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, that she tends to write away her confusion until she appears ‘plausibly trustworthy, intuitive, and clear’. ![]()
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