Joe Lawrence’s Reviews > Inciting Joy: Essays > Status Update
Joe Lawrence
is 43% done
"fruit for all" might be his best chapter overall. Making a garden does bring joy. It builds community.
I share his feeling that "thousands of birds take flight in my chest" when I make something new.
— Apr 21, 2026 08:53PM
I share his feeling that "thousands of birds take flight in my chest" when I make something new.
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Joe Lawrence
is 75% done
Feels like I'm finally kind of adapted to the writing style.
Here's some vernacular in "Greif Salute" within one paragraph:
"shitty look", "the culture", "enforcement of norms" "lop his finger off" and "tore his achilles".
It's such a conversational style laced with profanity and violence.
— Apr 23, 2026 09:18PM
Here's some vernacular in "Greif Salute" within one paragraph:
"shitty look", "the culture", "enforcement of norms" "lop his finger off" and "tore his achilles".
It's such a conversational style laced with profanity and violence.
Joe Lawrence
is 61% done
I'm now fairly adjusted to Ross Gay's provocateur-type writing. I think of him now as more Eddie Murphy than Joan Didion.
— Apr 23, 2026 06:37PM
Joe Lawrence
is 33% done
Just opened up and already multiple hot takes. He's even apologizing and admitting he's losing us.
— Apr 21, 2026 07:11PM
Joe Lawrence
is 30% done
Came back to this one to try and finish it for book club. I'm trying to ignore his radical opinions. He says some truly bananas stuff.
— Apr 20, 2026 11:03PM