A review by kellylynnthomas
A Solemn Pleasure: To Imagine, Witness, and Write by Melissa Pritchard

3.0

I absolutely loved some of these essays, and couldn't stand others. It's not that they were poorly written, it's just that I didn't care about the subject matter (like the one about the dog--I love dogs but I just didn't care). The one she wrote about the female US soldier and the Sudanese refugee were fantastic and heartbreaking, and the ones she wrote about writing were sharp and insightful.

It was still a weird sort of mish-mash of topics, and I'm not sure why the sub title is "Art of the Essay" because it's not about writing essays at all--Pritchard is a fiction writer. But on the whole, a solid collection, and if you're of the writerly persuasion, worth picking up.