Zazen’s protagonist, Della, exists somewhere between memory, fever dream, and mental illness. She’s flamed out of her doctoral work and is working at a vegan restaurant, the child of wannabe west-coast revolutionaries and surrounded by people she loathes for the way they wear their politics in everything they do. To say Della is surrounded by Social Justice Warriors is a bit of an understatement. She yearns to do more than just talk or just shop according to impossible principles, and she loathes the status quo. […]
Be careful what you wish for
Zazen by Vanessa Veselka