#essentialbooks. Inspired by @kgriffith ‘s post. The tagged book changed my life. Others made it safe to explore who I was, filled me with rage, spoke to that part of me that will always be a dancer, is still interested in education and equality. One I hold up as my gold standard for nonfiction, and all of them make me want to write like that when I grow up. Slightly missing: Autoboyography and Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir.