Prose poetry, pumpkin soup, definitions of everyday phenomena, gender studies, grammar, cute fuzzy animals, being the hero of my story
Literary anti-heroes, road trip lackeys and costumed pirates.
The Mountain Goats, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, and Cheap Trick
Quiet movies about New Jersey
Heroes, Supernanny/Nanny 911, Roseanne, Various incarnations of Star Trek, Six Feet Under
I read a lot. In fact:
Novels I've read since graduating college:
1. The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
2. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
3. The Ginger Man by JP Dunleavy
4. The Character of Rain by Amelie Nothomb
5. The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
6. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
7. Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
8. The Graduate by Charles Webb
9. Under the Net by Iris Murdoch
10. Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov
11. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
12. Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
13. The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
14. Middlesex: A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides
15. White Oleander by Janet Fitch
16. Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty
17. Missing Mom by Joyce Carol Oates
18. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
19. The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
20. I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
21. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
22. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
23. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
24. Only Revolutions by Mark Danielewski
25. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
26. The Prestige by Christopher Priest
27. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
28. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
29. Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
30. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
31. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
32. To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer
33. Ruby by Francesca Lia Block
34. Wasteland by Francesca Lia Block
35. The Queen of Whale Cay by Kate Summerscale
36. Crashing America by Katia Noyes
37. Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb
38. The Fabulous Riverboat by Philip Jose Farmer
39. The Dark Design by Philip Jose Farmer
40. The Magic Labirynth by Philip Jose Farmer
41. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
42. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
43. Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
44. Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
45. The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
46. Jpod by Douglas Coupland
47. Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
48. Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
49. Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
50. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
51. The Female Man by Joanna Russ
52. Wickett's Remedy by Myla Goldberg
53. The Game-Players of Titan by Philip K. Dick
54. Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
55. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
56. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
57. A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
58. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
59. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
60. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
61. Lisey's Story by Stephen King
62. Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
63. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Margaret Atwood