![]() ![]() The book’s strongest sections occur when they engage with research and other writers, and I wish they’d included more of that and less about their personal lives. Sow and Friedman also include a fair number of excerpts from texts and emails that are decidedly obnoxious. This short text is replete with unfunny play-by-plays of inane events, many of which feel only loosely related to the subject matter. ![]() Like many people who work in media and have podcasts, Sow and Friedman think the details of their lives and their relationship are more interesting than they actually are. ![]() I’ll get my complaints out of the way before pivoting to the qualities of this book that I enjoyed. For readers like me who don’t listen to Call Your Girlfriend or share the authors’ professional or cultural interests, there’s a frustrating amount of filler content. ![]() Sow and Friedman’s take on the subject is energetic, and in its best moments manages to also be profound. Having written an essay on the nature of friendship last year, this is a topic about which I am very passionate. Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman’s Big Friendshipis a little book with a lot of heart. ![]()
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