The first book I remember loving

Judy Blume’sTiger Eyesand Paula Danziger’sThe Pistachio Prescription.

I re-read those over and over as a kid.

During the pandemic I’ve been rewatchingJohn HughesandNora Ephronclassics the comfort food movies.

Zoe Whittall, The Spectacular

Zoe Whittall is the author of ‘The Spectacular’.Credit: Ali Eisner; Hodder & Stoughton

She can skewer a Gen X man like no one else.

Eileen Myles made me want to write poetry.

The TV show I wish I’d written

The Other Two.

The book or author I wish more people knew about

My favorite poet is Ali Liebegott.

Her last book,The Summer of Dead Birds, was just a masterpiece.