Music:
The Smiths, Interpol, Radiohead, The Decemberists, Belle & Sebastian, Arcade Fire, Hot Chip, Peter, Bjorn, & John, Mason Jennings, TV on the Radio, Neko Case,
Books:
The Awakening, the perks of being a wallflower, The Ways of White Folks, Beloved, Sula, Catch 22, The Giving Tree, A Raisin in the Sun, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Sun Also Rises, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Alchemist