Uncover the Hidden Truths of Creativity and Suffering in Alex Boyd’s Latest Essay Collection
The more searching moment comes in “Art and Terror,” an earlier essay in the Writing section, though its full weight only becomes clear once you’ve read the entire book. In contemplating 9/11, Boyd turns directly to what writing cannot do:
“After the attacks I asked myself what good poems or novels could do in a world where people fly populated planes into populated buildings. My views on the value of writing wavered because certain kinds of actions are thousands of times louder than the word. Suddenly I was making the mistake of demanding that writing and art have an immediate and measurable effect on the world.”
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