REVIEWS AND RESPONSES
“The Paradox of Dependence,” Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Medium
“The Gift of Relying on Others,” Laura Jean Torgerson, The Christian Century
“A Single Life Full of People,” Rachel Vorona Cote, The New Republic
“Acknowledgments in Essay Form: Briallen Hopper’s Hard to Love,” Kelly O’Donnell, Nursing Clio
“Hard To Love Offers Tribute to Life’s Many, Varied Relationships,” Rhaina Cohen, NPR
“Hard to Love: Essays and Confessions,” Bella DePaolo, Psych Central
“Hard to Love: Essays and Confessions” (starred review), Kirkus Reviews
PRINT INTERVIEWS
with Spencer George in the Adroit Journal: “Leaning Is Love”
with Cara Strickland on eharmony
with Alex Dueben in the Rumpus: “Navigating by the Right Stars”
with Jacqui Shine in Los Angeles Review of Books: “‘Love,’ ‘Family,’ and Other Homonyms”
with Kali Handelman in the Revealer
with Charlee Dyroff in Columbia Journal: “Writing about Real People”
with Angela Yuen in Margins Magazine
PODCASTS/RADIO
Hard to Love on Tapestry on CBC Radio (with Mary Hynes)
Hard to Love on the Call Your Girlfriend podcast (with Aminatou Sow)
Hard to Love on the Writer’s Voice podcast (with Francesca Rheannon)
Hard to Love on the Los Angeles Review of Books podcast (with Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman)
Hard to Love on the Public Intellectual podcast (with Jessa Crispin)
ART EXHIBIT
Hard to Love in “Against the Ropes” by Kelly Inouye, Marrow Gallery, San Francisco
ELSEWERE ON THE INTERNET
“The Best International Nonfiction of 2019,” CBC
“Best Nonfiction of 2019,” Kirkus Reviews
“18 Books You Heard about on CBC Radio This Week,” CBC
“By the Book” with Leslie Jamison, New York Times
“The Ties that Bind Us,” Terri Windling, Myth & Moor
“(a raspberry mocha cake that isn’t) Hard to Love,” Hannah Celeste, Books and Bakes
“From ‘The One’ to ‘the Ones’: A Beautiful Personal Story,” Bella DePaulo, Psych Central
“Hard to Love: Essays and Confessions by Briallen Hopper,” Kerry Clare, Pickle Me This