The author of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev tells EW the pop culture of her life.
Dawnie Walton’s debut novel is heavily inspired by pop culture to say the least.
Here, she offers up her highly curated pop culture favorites.
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I guess I watch it to smile back at the swoony, hopeful teenage girl I used to be.
The first concert I attended
The Jacksons' Victory Tour, 1984 (age 8).
My parents and I were visiting relatives in Atlanta, and they surprised us with tickets.
I pawed through that thing till the pages fell out.
The haul: Michael Jackson’sOff the Wall(because I already hadThriller), Wham!
‘sMake It Big, and Cyndi Lauper’sShe’s So Unusual.
God, how I loved pop radio.
The last TV show I binged
Fargo the first three seasons.
I still have season 4 to go, but I’m stalling.
I’m not ready to run out of episodes.
It’s Wakanda for me!
), but I gotta go with the titular band fromHedwig and the Angry Inch.
That soundtrack never screamed “musical!”
to me; it’s a bona fide, kickass rock & roll record.
The one thing I wish everyone would watch
I May Destroy Youreconfigured my brain cells.
