my great-great-grandparents.... Ali, Muddy, Bob Marley, Little Walter, Big Maceo, Bessie, Billie, Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong, August Wilson, Fats Waller, Sade, Savion Glover....
Futurama!
the structure of scientific revolutions, anything by saramago, james baldwin, the poetry of sterling brown, the plays of august wilson, athol fugard, the autobiography of miles davis, anything about muhammad ali, conversations in sicily by elio vittorini, camilleri's inspector montalbano mysteries, leonardo sciascia....