‘Essayism’ by Brian Dillon is Dark, Bright Bricolage

A BOOK REVIEW OF BRIAN DILLON’S ESSAYISM: ON FORM, FEELING, AND NONFICTION

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Bricolage. Collage. Geodes. Bright silver ore running through boulders. Jagged fragments. Stained glass shatters. Crystalline snowflakes, gathered. All of these descriptions come to mind when trying to define Brian Dillon’s collection of essays on essays entitled Essayism: On Form, Feeling, and Nonfiction. And I think the author would approve, since his work revels in the curious lists, fragments, and assemblages found in compositions both familiar and obscure.

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