Eric’s Comments (group member since Jul 15, 2020)

Eric’s comments from the The 8:30 Chapter group.

Some favorite books:
-Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger
-The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
-Florida by Lauren Groff
-Suicide by Édouard Levé
-A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
-Garden State by Rick Moody
-Circe by Madeline Miller
-The Subway Stops at Bryant Park by West Moss
-Self Help by Lorrie Moore
-The Rain in the Trees by W.S. Merwin
-Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz

I also really like Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor, but I've read random selections out of their collected editions, and they primarily wrote short stories so it's tough to pick a single book by them.

Same goes for these poets: Chen Chen, Louise Glück, Linda Gregg, Robin Coste Lewis, Timothy Liu, Brian Cordell. I'm also a big fan of Plath's poetry (even though it can be problematic) - just have to take it within its historical context.