In fiction, Henry James remains his absolute favorite, with James's later works growing increasingly important to him.
Conversely, his fondness for JRR Tolkien’s "The Lord of the Rings" has faded.
Though he loved reading it during breakfast in his teens, he no longer enjoys that style of narrative today.
Comfort, Provocation, and Current Reads
Among nonfiction works, Galen Strawson’s "Things That Bother Me" profoundly shifted how he conceptualizes living in time. He usually prefers books that provoke discomfort rather than easy comfort.
However, the prose, poems, and letters of Elizabeth Bishop uniquely offer both feelings.
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Currently, he is balancing two different works, reading "The Collected Poems of George Oppen" alongside Dostoevsky’s "The Idiot."
