Black Swans by Eve Babitz

For most of the book, I felt about Babitz the way you would feel about a slightly offensive, but very cool grandparent telling you tales of their glory days - heady with nostalgia and name dropping.

BUT THEN … the titular essay, Black Swans made me E M O T E

It has all the ingredients of the rest of the book, but the added spice of genuine feeling. I loved it.