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Reading this with my parents is one of my earliest memories.
I remember being fascinated by the naked body of a boy covered in dough.
Probably the first penis I ever saw.
The first book I ever really wanted to read on my own.
I spent hours as a kid staring at different stuff in my room, trying to make something levitate.
When I miss home on tour and cant get to sleep, I listen to the audiobooks.
My inner monologue is narrated by Jim Dale.
Still, I love this book.
Michelle Tea is aqueer witch poet and authorwho does an incredible job of humanizing every card.
Ive read everything hes ever published, but this one is still my favorite.
Weirdly, its about his experience quitting smoking.
Im not a smoker but I think about the way he talks about addiction every day.
And its mostly set in Japan, my favorite place on Earth.
The kind of book you finish and walk around in a weird fog for a couple days.
As someone who writes pretty much exclusively from my own perspective, this is a mysterious gift.
People have been trying to get me to read this book my entire life.
My mom, various friends and partners, but I hate when people think I will like something.
Especially when that thing is about trauma and mental illness.
Not a deep cut, I know, butthis bookdeeply affected me last year.
True crime has always been a confusing and sort ofreductive genre titleto me.
Dont judge a book by its plot.
The story of a girl who has a crush at school.
Butthe writingis better than Salinger.
Horny, spooky, sad, smart, queer, funny… maybe my favorite book of all time.
And if youre intoLaw & Order: SVUfanfiction, look no further.
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