Jenae’s Reviews > The Best American Essays 2022: An Annual Literary Collection―Selected by Award-Winning Writer Alexander Chee > Status Update

Fire and Ice was good. It was very thoughtful and touching.

Abasement by Brian Blanchfield was okay. I found it difficult to understand why Brian was trespassing in the home he planned to purchase in the first place. The confusion surrounding this doesn't help when he points out that queer people aren't legally protected from discrimination when purchasing a home. The only thing I liked was that he started every paragraph with "I had the right to say nothing at all."