I'll Tell You In Person

Never thought I'd miss being young, broke, and trying to find my way through this world, but damn does Caldwell make it all seem really romantic and wonderful.......more

When I was in college, a common question posed to me by my creative nonfiction professor during our writing workshops was, "Why did you write this? What are you trying to say?" I felt myself asking these questions during the majority of "I'll Tell You in Person." Caldwell's essays are well-written a......more

Rating: 2.5 I feel bad rating this so low. It kept my attention, and Caldwell is a decent writer, but after so many stories about being wasted and/or high, having sex, and generally indulging in the wild side of youth . . . I guess I just wonder what the point of it all is? What am I supposed to gain......more

I think I read this at the exact point in my life that I needed it. I devoured this book and cried a lot and felt like I was less alone for a while. Thank you, Chloe.......more

So fun to read these essays. Chloe Caldwell has a knack for picking out the minute details of a life that give the greater themes of her essays life and color. This feels like the older-sister companion to her first collection of essays, "Legs Get Led Astray" (which is funny, since I read the first......more