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A review by laurynreads
Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakable Love for New York by Sari Botton
4.0
My junior year of undergrad, the year that I started falling in love with New York and the time I spent living there, I read Botton's other anthology Goodbye to all That (purchased outside the Strand bc I saw Cheryl Strayed's name on the cover, it was about NYC, and it was a dollar). At the end of every essay I'd have to exhale and grin to myself--didn't these people know what they were missing out on? I, at the ripe age of 20, knew that NYC was the best place to be. Each essay was a bolster to my belief that I should never leave. Spoiler alert: much like everyone else, I did leave.
Which is why when I applied to Columbia and hoped that I'd get in, I promised myself that I'd buy this collection to celebrate the joy of returning to the city that I love. I did get in! I did move back! I started reading this collection on the bus ride from Boston to the city when we went to sign our lease. The opening essay is still my favorite, because it so perfectly captures everything I love about the city. I didn't love every essay (how can you, with so many personalities and styles jostling for attention?) but those that connected really connected. I'm positively glowing with love for the city and writerly community here and am so happy to round out my collection of New York books.
Which is why when I applied to Columbia and hoped that I'd get in, I promised myself that I'd buy this collection to celebrate the joy of returning to the city that I love. I did get in! I did move back! I started reading this collection on the bus ride from Boston to the city when we went to sign our lease. The opening essay is still my favorite, because it so perfectly captures everything I love about the city. I didn't love every essay (how can you, with so many personalities and styles jostling for attention?) but those that connected really connected. I'm positively glowing with love for the city and writerly community here and am so happy to round out my collection of New York books.