Are we all just going to keep doing this until we die? Are we in hell? the people of the portal ask themselves. An avalanche of images, details, and references accumulate to form a landscape that is post-sense, post-irony, post-everything.
When existential threats-from climate change and economic precariousness to the rise of an unnamed dictator and an epidemic of loneliness-begin to loom, she posts her way deeper into the portal's void. She is overwhelmed by navigating the new language and etiquette of what she terms the portal, where she grapples with an unshakable conviction that a vast chorus of voices is now dictating her thoughts. "Just the kind of book we need.The feeling one gets from reading No One Is Talking About This is that Lockwood has paid attention more closely than perhaps any other human on earth to what it's like to be alive right now." - Vanity Fairįrom a formidably gifted writer ( The New York Times Book Review), a book that asks: Is there life after the internet?Īs this urgent, genre-defying book opens, a woman who has recently been elevated to prominence for her social media posts travels around the world to meet her adoring fans. "One of the most interesting writers of the past 10 years.Lockwood's genius for irony is matched by the radiance of her reverence." - The Atlantic
" No One Is Talking About This reaches for the sublime, online and off.Lockwood is a modern word witch, her writing splendid and sordid by turns." - New York Times Book Review Named a "Most Anticipated Book of 2021" by Harper's Bazaar, Vulture, O, the Oprah Magazine, Parade, Refinery29, Good Housekeeping, The Guardian, WIRED, USA Today, Buzzfeed, Esquire, AV Club, and more!
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