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 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.