Favourite novelist:
Haruki Murakami
why?
A novel that mentions other novels in a way that makes you want to read them is a good novel
Runner up:
J.D. Salinger
Favourite essayist:
C.S. Lewis
Runner up:
Sedaris / Joseph Brodsky - can't decide
Favourite poet:
T.S. Eliot
Only read The Waste Land and The Love Song of Alfred J Prufrock, enough to fall in love with his style. First time I read him I was 19 and thought he was trying too hard. Second time I read him when I was 20 and thought it was lovely imagery but was too obtuse / didn't make much sense. Third time I read him I was 21 and everything changed
Runner up:
Frank O'Hara
favourite novel:
the Catcher in the Rye
runner up:
I don't read many novels
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horimiya
d'aww anime
toradora / ano natsu de matteiru