I'm very eclectic in my music tastes - anything from Nina Simone to Beethoven to Talvin Singh.
Monica AliYou know how if you're born in a certain situation you always expect your life to run on a steady trajectory? I've never really had a sense of that. I assume that life is going to go up and down.
Monica AliIf the culture is so all pervasive that you canโt think outside of it, how are you making genuine choices?
Monica AliI get really excited if I think I'm going to introduce somebody to a writer they haven't found before and I think they'll love. My favorite books to get as gifts are any that the giver is messianic about.
Monica Ali