Hannah Rosen

Yeah, and there's only a handful of books you read like that where you read them. I mean, I only, you know, I have like a dozen where I read them over and over again, and they're different always. Rose, I wanted to thank you for having this conversation with me because it actually gave us the idea to have a bigger conversation about books. And

Yeah, and there's only a handful of books you read like that where you read them. I mean, I only, you know, I have like a dozen where I read them over and over again, and they're different always. Rose, I wanted to thank you for having this conversation with me because it actually gave us the idea to have a bigger conversation about books. And

Yeah, and there's only a handful of books you read like that where you read them. I mean, I only, you know, I have like a dozen where I read them over and over again, and they're different always. Rose, I wanted to thank you for having this conversation with me because it actually gave us the idea to have a bigger conversation about books. And

mostly about what you lose basically throughout your whole life when you don't read books as a young person, when you don't have books that you carry with you throughout your life. So we asked a lot of people around the Atlantic and also listeners to share books that were most important for them at that age, which is what we're going to hear next.

mostly about what you lose basically throughout your whole life when you don't read books as a young person, when you don't have books that you carry with you throughout your life. So we asked a lot of people around the Atlantic and also listeners to share books that were most important for them at that age, which is what we're going to hear next.

mostly about what you lose basically throughout your whole life when you don't read books as a young person, when you don't have books that you carry with you throughout your life. So we asked a lot of people around the Atlantic and also listeners to share books that were most important for them at that age, which is what we're going to hear next.

So very grateful to you for having this idea and letting us, like, being the muse for this episode.

So very grateful to you for having this idea and letting us, like, being the muse for this episode.

So very grateful to you for having this idea and letting us, like, being the muse for this episode.

We're going to broaden out now. We asked Atlantic writers to tell us about the books that helped shape them most in high school. So I'm going to step aside, but I promise to share mine at the end.

We're going to broaden out now. We asked Atlantic writers to tell us about the books that helped shape them most in high school. So I'm going to step aside, but I promise to share mine at the end.

We're going to broaden out now. We asked Atlantic writers to tell us about the books that helped shape them most in high school. So I'm going to step aside, but I promise to share mine at the end.

So it's my turn. I was thinking about the book that stuck with me the longest was Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth book. And I read it in high school. We had read some Philip Roth in the class and they'd said, oh, go find another Philip Roth book.

So it's my turn. I was thinking about the book that stuck with me the longest was Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth book. And I read it in high school. We had read some Philip Roth in the class and they'd said, oh, go find another Philip Roth book.

So it's my turn. I was thinking about the book that stuck with me the longest was Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth book. And I read it in high school. We had read some Philip Roth in the class and they'd said, oh, go find another Philip Roth book.

So I picked out Portnoy's Complaint and it was just an absolute revelation because when you're in high school, you're reading like dutifully, like you're trying to be like a good student.

So I picked out Portnoy's Complaint and it was just an absolute revelation because when you're in high school, you're reading like dutifully, like you're trying to be like a good student.

So I picked out Portnoy's Complaint and it was just an absolute revelation because when you're in high school, you're reading like dutifully, like you're trying to be like a good student.

literary citizen you're trying to understand like what serious things are and how grown-ups write and i thought like this is literature like this is hilarious you know like it was such a freeing revelation to realize that someone could write in such a funny way about such insane ridiculous So then I went down that train. I was reading John Cheever and Saul Bellow and all the Philip Roth novels.

literary citizen you're trying to understand like what serious things are and how grown-ups write and i thought like this is literature like this is hilarious you know like it was such a freeing revelation to realize that someone could write in such a funny way about such insane ridiculous So then I went down that train. I was reading John Cheever and Saul Bellow and all the Philip Roth novels.