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1. The Hours by Michael Cunningham. Madness and beauty. Is there anything else?
2. Amy Hempel's Reasons to Live-I don't know how she does it. Plus she survived Gordon Lish.
3. Remembrance of Things Past - all 6(is it 6?) volumes. Can that count as one book? I don't know how he does it either. It's as if he's simply breathing. I've never seen such effortless writing.
4. The Tempest -William Shakespeare. Not all desert islands are the same. If I'm alone on the island I need to remember that magic exists or else I'll go crazy from boredom.
5. Madame Bovary-Flaubert said, "I AM Madame Bovary." No, I am!
6. Something by Philippa Gregory-Reading trash without guilt because there's a history lesson in there somewhere.
7. Ariel by Sylvia Plath-I don't know if she's a great poet (perhaps someone could write about that) but she saved my life many, many years ago and I owe her.
8. Some Tolstoy-anything. It's like watching an epic.
9. Dr. Seuss or Chris Van Alsberg (not sure of the spelling there).
10. Harold Bloom. Any of his books. I love his mind. I think he would be a great companion. If not him then Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. I love his mind too. He makes me feel safe.
by Josie on June 29 2007