Most beloved book from childhood
A German Ninja Turtles book I picked up on a trip with my father. I couldn't understand any of the text, which made it better.
Social media you most use
Instagram and LinkedIn
Sally Rooney or Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh
Literary website you regularly read
I'll give Hobart an honorary mention. But you know the answer is, "None."
Unrequited love or fast hot affair – better for writing?
Unrequited love is better for everything.
Book you read annually
I've never read a book more than twice.
Literary character you most identify with
The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
On Saturday, he eats a lot of junk food and gets a stomach ache. On Sunday, he eats a leaf and feels better.
Favorite Bret Easton Ellis book
Glamorama
Writer you’d like to meet irl
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Library or bookstore
Bookstore. I don't like returning things I love.
Best decade for books
I have a soft spot for 1970's horror, sci-fi, and fantasy. At the very least, they had the best book covers.
Midwest or nyc
Can I say neither?
The more I travel, the more I want to come back to California.
Do you have a substack
No
Fav book-to-film adaptation
I've never read the book, but I thought Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Wuthering Heights was gorgeous, horny, and had a perfect soundtrack.
Beyond that, maybe Rules of Attraction?
Oldest novel you’ve read
I don't know.
Writer on social media you most closely follow
As far as writers go, Elizabeth Ellen is the most fun and bizarre social media presence. Second place might be Dean Koontz.
short story you think about most
The Cathedral of Mist by Paul Willems
Literary agent
Never had one. I don't know any of their names.
Go to coffee/espresso order
Cold brew or iced americano with a splash of oat milk.
Last classic novel you couldn’t get through
I stopped halfway through The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.
Do you keep a journal, handwritten or typed
I journal most mornings, always by hand.
poet
Kevin Killian
Sober or intoxicated
sober
Best live reader
Dennis Cooper, Meg McCarville, or Bud Smith
VM, DM, text or call
VM or text. Calls are for emergencies, your mother, and people who owe you money.
Go to podcast
Wake Island
Favorite memoirist
Oriana Small
New yorker or Paris review
Ehhh...
Writer you wish followed you on social media
Dean Koontz
Playwright
My girlfriend's theater troupe, Law Offices. It's a joint effort: Gwenmarie White, Kaylin Mahoney, Alison Normsby, and Tillie Steele.
Fiction or nonfiction
Fiction
Writer who made you want to be a writer
Abstractly, I'd say Bret Easton Ellis, Dennis Cooper, and Laszlo Krasznahorkai.
Less abstractly, I'd say Chelsea Hodson and David Leo Rice.
Literary crush
No
Greatest piece of literature
The Bible
