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Starred review from April 1, 2025
Vulchi, only recently graduated from Princeton, has accomplished a lot: multiple books, a racial-literacy nonprofit, and a widely viewed TED Talk. But, vitally, Vulchi did not do these on her own, working with close friend and collaborator Winona Guo in both professional and personal pursuits. At the crux of Good Friends, Vulchi, this time writing alone, aims to fully affirm the possibilities when we move beyond the notion of individuality and embrace the connections and, indeed, love that can come in the boundless context of a friend. Vulchi examines the myriad permutations of friendship. Profiled here are friends of pleasure or utility, mentors, long-distance friends, and even those you've lost touch with entirely. Throughout, Vulchi uses poet and activist June Jordan as the exemplar of how a commitment to the power of friends can shape one's life. Jordan, whose network included Maya Angelou and Malcolm X, built much of her life around the care and keeping of friendship, seeing these relationships as driving forces for both her own activism and her personal development. A deft mix of manual, treatise, and anthem, Good Friends will leave readers feeling activated and content. Vulchi's voice is a balm in an age often marked by loneliness and disconnection.
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