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Alternative influences, intellectual pretensions, bohemian dabblings, bookish demeanor, sophomoric humor, micro-managed wanderlust, existential jitters
I've stepped into the Booker Prize longlist with two wildly different reading experiences. John of John is layered, expansive, and richly rewarding, while Helen of Nowhere is a somewhat clever, tedious, and experimental book that isn't as profound as people want it to be. #booksky
Books that have given me many needed laughs: Sedaris, as expected, is as dryly sardonic as ever in his newest collection. And It's been said that the dark and quirky Lost Lambs is like reading a contemporary Little Women if it was written by Wes Anderson. #booksky #DavidSedaris #MadelineCash
Salar Nader and Rakesh Chaurasia at Nichols Concert Hall in Chicago last night