Macbeth - My first Shakespearean play, read in my fourth grade class. And yes it was unabridged. My teacher was insane, but that early life challenge made high school and college literature a breeze. The complexity of the characters, the balance between sympathy and hatred never ceases to amaze me. Tragic and haunting, I will never enjoy another play as much as I enjoy Macbeth
I am Charlotte Simmons - Tom Wolfe's dissection of the word fuck inspired my undergraduate thesis. Biting and realistic, my years in college seem to reflect the ups and downs of Charlotte Simmons, except a little less cool.
Life of Pi - Raised in a biracial and thus, bicultural family, my feelings toward religion were always apathetic. My mom is Sikh, by dad was raised Christian until he decided he was atheist. Anywho, LIfe of Pi, in addition to be extremely poetic and yet approachable, catalyzed my thoughts on spirituality.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Just an effing gorgeous book. Within pages, it would bring me to the extreme of emotions - happiness to grief in just sentences. A book of mourning, politics and modern world. Love it.
Little Women - I read it every year and every year, I relate to a different sister. Idyllic and yet relatable.
The Great Gatsby - I want to write like Fitzgerald. All his work is perfection.
The Blue Sweater - Inspired me to work for NGOs for the rest of my life. Gave me a blueprint of opportunities around the world and affirmed my desires to help others.
Slaughterhouse-5 - Dealing with trauma and the resulting emotions. Comforting in its craziness.
Favorite writers: Edgar Allen Poe, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, Maxine Hong Kingston, Jane Austen
In other news, I love this print from Vol. 25.
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