Books

Building a little space at /thenextwave and watching everything on /videolab.

honest, witty and meaningful. i want to learn without feeling like i’m being shouted at or the text is too stuffy:)

I'm having fun as a little book sommelier for @coconutrinds. Felt like a shame not to share more widely.

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Based on your writing style, life stage, and three chosen adjectives, I recommend the following books in this exact order.

1. A Different Person - James Merrill
Coming of age memoir of by James Merrill, the son of a founding partner of Merrill Lynch who later won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

2. Status Anxiety - Alain de Botton
Explores the fear of being perceived as worthless in the eyes of others and how sense of self worth has evolved in society.

3. Letters from Max - Sarah Ruhl
Sarah Ruhl's one of my favorite modern playwrights. This is a collection of letters between her and a student, Max, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Different books that occupy the same universe in my mind. (1) starts with the lone voice of a young poet trying to escape a status-obsessed society, (2) zooms out to examine that society philosophically from 10,000 feet above, (3) explodes your heart/mind as two poets confront death - and what matters most - in raw and private dialogue.

🌈|| reluctant med student, brilliant writer, mediocre comedian, full-time cat dad and wannabe stylist. documenting my existence💓

thank you so much will report back in a couple of days!

hell yeah motherfucker i'm definitely reading a different person from this list