Books: soooo many. Anything Octavia Butler, Margaret Atwood,
Steinbeck, Hafiz, e.e. cummings, A Song of Ice and Fire, Mary
Oliver, Sherman Alexie, I will finish this damn list later.
Music
Sly and the Family Stone, M.I.A., Etta James, Sera Cahoone, Erykah
Badu, Jay-Z, Ozomatli, Santigold, Zap Mama, Dr. John, TLC, K’Naan,
Django Reinhardt, Yo Yo Ma, Miles Davis, Tupac, Alt J, Animal
Collective, Iam, Brandi Carlile, Fela Kuti, Louis Prima, Rahim
Al-Haj
EtcEtcEtc.
Movies
The Edge of Heaven, Monsieur Ibrahim, Crooklyn, Show Me Love
(Fucking Åmål), Séraphine, The Linguists, Buena Vista Social Club,
Harold and Maude, Persepolis, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen,
Amélie, But I’m a Cheerleader, 2 Days in Paris, Our Idiot Brother,
Born in Flames, Once, Y Tu Mamá También, L’Auberge Espagnole, Pan’s
Labyrinth, City of God, Arsenic and Old Lace, To Have and Have Not,
Être et Avoir, The Triplets of Belleville, Run Lola Run…
Shows
30 Rock, Roseanne, Arrested Development, The Boondocks, The Wire,
Inspector Lewis, The L Word, Downton Abbey, Battlestar Galactica
& Caprica, RuPaul's Drag Race...What a strange combo. All
entirely true though.