A New York Times Notable BookWinner of the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Awards, Criticism categoryFinalist for the 2019 PEN /  Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayA timely, powerful collection of essays from one of our sharpest minds and most sparkling stylists.How much joy can a person tolerate? How many kinds of boredom make up a life? Who owns the story of black America? Should Justin Bieber be more like Socrates? And why is there a dead art collector