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    In 'Quietly Hostile,' Samantha Irby trains a cynical eye inward

    In her fourth collection of essays, the bestselling author and TV writer renews her love/hate vows with the human race — as well as her relationship with her own flaws and failings.
    by Jason Heller May 15, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: Vintage

    Samantha Irby is a people person. That is to say, she's a person who is fascinated by people — their obsessions, their hypocrisies, even the things they weirdly reveal about themselves in their anonymous, online product reviews.

    Yes, Irby loves to observe her fellow humans. But being human herself, she also trains her most critical — and most cynical — eye inward.

    In her fourth collection of essays, , the bestselling author

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