I had to explain to someone younger than me why my bookshelf has a bunch of signed first editions of like Jay McInerny and Brett Easton Ellis and Tama Janawitz.

I had to explain to someone younger than me why my bookshelf has a bunch of signed first editions of like Jay McInerny and Brett Easton Ellis and Tama Janawitz. It’s not because it’s landmark writing (I have a soft spot for it but I’m honest enough to admit that’s just quirk, not literary analysis). But I can read those things on the Kidle app mostly. I own the books, which were not expensive in money but we’re in effort, because they remind me that in living memory you could be a rockstar celebrity from writing books. I’m not making a moral judgement, maybe I’m just dating myself, but that’s just important to me.