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TheGreatAbider16 · 3063 days ago · link · · parent · post: If Any One of You Knows Someone Who Knows Stephen King - _refugee_ blog
I feel like my literary idol shifts from year-to-year. Kurt Vonnegut will always be at the top of my list for inspiring 14-year-old-me to pursue a career in literature and education. After I read Slaughterhouse Five, I devoured the rest of his work. I recently read Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, and I thought it was incredible. It launched me into reading a whole series of eastern texts. His description of the river, the stone, and the interconnectedness of life made me pause, put the book down, think, and read it several more times. I've also been reading a collection of Wallace Stevens, and I'm regularly shocked at the novelty and difficulty of the images he describes. I wish I could write so imaginatively!