''Intimations'' is a 2020 collection of essays by writer
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith FRSL (born Sadie; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, ''White Teeth'' (2000), immediately became a best-seller and won a number of awards. She has been a tenured professor ...
. Smith began writing the book around the time the
COVID-19 pandemic began in the United States, and completed it soon after the
murder of George Floyd
On , George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered in the U.S. city of Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white police officer. Floyd had been arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin knelt on Floyd's ...
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The essays discuss topics including creative writing, the pandemic, and the murder of George Floyd.
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Reception
Constance Grady, writing for ''
Vox'', referred to Smith's essays about current events as occasionally "facile" and that the collection was best when addressing the nature and utility of writing.
According to literary review aggregator
Book Marks
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Conten ...
, the book received mostly "Rave" reviews.
References
2020 non-fiction books
Penguin Books books
English essay collections
Essay collections by Zadie Smith
Essays about literature
Essays about politics
Books about the COVID-19 pandemic
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