Trick Mirror
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion is a 2019 book by American author Jia Tolentino. The book contains nine essays. Topics addressed in the essays include internet culture, "scammer culture", and contemporary feminism.
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| Author | Jia Tolentino |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Internet culture |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 6 August 2019 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Writing and composition
Tolentino began writing the collection in early 2017 and finished it in the fall of 2018.[1] Before the sale of the book to a publisher, Tolentino chose a "question" to address in each essay.[2] Tolentino selected the order of the essays so that each "builds" on the previous one.[2]
Reception
The collection received mostly "Positive" reviews, according to literary review aggregator Book Marks.[3]
gollark: That is obviously wrong.
gollark: If 50% is the right answer, then you only have a 25% chance, actually.
gollark: It's a multiple-choice question, silly.
gollark: That sure is* an image of me.
gollark: Neural networks doing unsupervised learning apparently first end up learning the frequencies of letters, then making vaguely wordlike things, then learning about which words go near each other, and eventually more complex things like grammar and narrative.
References
- Acovino, Vincent (6 August 2019). "'Trick Mirror' Finds Hope That Little Truths Will Emerge Amid Absurdities". NPR. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- Ransom, Brian (7 August 2019). "Please Fire Jia Tolentino". The Paris Review. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- "Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion". Book Marks. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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