Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

by James Joyce

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1. Anthony MastromatteoInterview

   Books that I have the greatest memories of having read: The Luzhin Defense by Vladimir Nabokov, Petersburg by Andrei Bely, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, Federico Garcia Lorca and E. E. Cummings. I am sure there are others but these are books not mentioned in other answers that have resonated…

2. John PerkinsInterview

   This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein, The Magus by John Fowles, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Grendel by John Gardner, Beowulf by Seamus Heaney, In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant, The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene, The Dangerous Summer by Ernest Hemingway, The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart, The…

3. Andrew SalgadoInterview

   I’ve been reading The Passage by Justin Cronin for what feels like ages. Its a massive book, like 1,400 pages, and has various stages. I used to read really heavy literature, but to be honest, I spend so much time thinking critically and professionally about art that at the end of the day, if and when I’m reading, I…

4. Aaron PoochigianInterview

   Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man has stayed with me since my teenage years. The books that were most influential on me, however, were Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and Dante’s The Divine Comedy. I read the latter in an outdated translation full of archaic language. I loved it, even when I didn’t…

5. Lawrence GrobelInterview

   Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man & Ulysses by James Joyce: Joyce blew my mind and gave me a goal. Could I ever write something as good as these books? Messed with my head for years, as each novel I wrote got shelved because they weren’t “good enough.” Finally came to my own epiphany: Joyce was a genius. I’m not…

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