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a collector of good experiences.

keeping track of all that inspires me from books, films, places, and even moments that shape how i live.
notes.
notes from here march 2026 · GSP
love = authenticity?
most religions and thinkers agree — love is the highest vibration. but i've been sitting with an argument that authenticity supersedes it. can you even separate them? love is an action. authenticity is a quality. maybe one is the condition for the other.
GSP · march 2026 · wwR
writing.
writing
featured essay

The Caramelization of Life

Some things only get good under sustained heat and patience. On what happens when you stop rushing the process.

reading.
my revolving shelf
East of Eden
now reading
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
i was inspired to read this after seeing conversations about it online. it initially felt intimidating but i’ve flown through it with ease. so many gems and conversation starters. “timshel” being a given.
also in rotation
January
107 DaysKamala Harris
Grown WomenSarai Johnson
Written on the BodyJeanette Winterson
Happiness Becomes YouTina Turner
My Love StoryTina Turner
February
OrbitalSamantha Harvey
The Alchemist ↺ rereadPaulo Coelho
March
Rock My Soulbell hooks
Sisters of the Yambell hooks
SiddharthaHermann Hesse
Giovanni’s RoomJames Baldwin
Salvationbell hooks
April
When Things Fall ApartPema Chödrön
May
The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger
June
PeakChip Conley
Living Wabi SabiTaro Gold
January
The Secret Lives of Church LadiesDeesha Philyaw
The Vision of Mary McLeod BethuneNoliwe Rooks
February
Be My GuestPriya Basil
Walk Through FireSheila Johnson
The End of OvereatingDavid Kessler
The Experience EconomyJoseph Pine + James Gilmore
March
Carol / SaltPatricia Highsmith
Their Eyes Were Watching GodZora Neale Hurston
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic DesireLuke Burgis
April
What Would the Rockefellers Do?Garrett Gunderson
May
The Creative ActRick Rubin
Notes on a ScandalZoë Heller
June
ConfidenceTomas Chamorro-Premuzic
The SympathizerViet Thanh Nguyen
July
The PremonitionMichael Lewis
YellowfaceR.F. Kuang
TasteStanley Tucci
August
Soul Food LoveAlice Randall + Caroline Randall Williams
The Collected PoemsSylvia Plath
September
Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall Kimmerer
October
Purple HibiscusChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
MilkmanAnna Burns
November
HomegoingYaa Gyasi
December
Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates
All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr
Annual
Crying in H MartMichelle Zauner
The Covenant of WaterAbraham Verghese
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver
A Little LifeHanya Yanagihara
JamesPercival Everett
The Ministry for the FutureKim Stanley Robinson
Fourth WingRebecca Yarros
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowGabrielle Zevin
The Heaven & Earth Grocery StoreJames McBride
This Is WaterDavid Foster Wallace
American PrometheusKai Bird + Martin Sherwin
All FoursMiranda July
IntermezzoSally Rooney
Real AmericansRachel Khong
The WomenKristin Hannah
The Secret HistoryDonna Tartt
Parable of the SowerOctavia E. Butler
DoppelgangerNaomi Klein
Annual
Lessons in ChemistryBonnie Garmus
BabelR.F. Kuang
The Midnight LibraryMatt Haig
Mad HoneyJodi Picoult + Jennifer Finney Boylan
Birnam WoodEleanor Catton
HollyStephen King
The Light We CarryMichelle Obama
SparePrince Harry
Happy-Go-LuckyDavid Sedaris
Tomorrow Will Be DifferentSarah McBride
MaameJessica George
The Midnight CrisisAnne Rice
My Own WordsRuth Bader Ginsburg
The World According to Fannie DavisBridgett M. Davis
Annual
PachinkoMin Jin Lee
The Vanishing HalfBrit Bennett
Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens
Normal PeopleSally Rooney
The Handmaid’s TaleMargaret Atwood
EducatedTara Westover
The Nickel BoysColson Whitehead
BecomingMichelle Obama
Know My NameChanel Miller
The Glass CastleJeannette Walls
Long Way DownJason Reynolds
The New Jim CrowMichelle Alexander
watching.
watching · in rotation
sounds.
sounds
listening experience
CRESCENDO.
GSP · 2025
2 hrs · triumph
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GSP · Greenville 01 / 03
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