Would you please tell us about a few of your favorite books, poems, authors, films, plays, pieces of music, musicians, performers, paintings, artists, magazines, or newspapers? Feel free to touch on one, some, or all of the categories listed, or add a category of your own.

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Ever since I first read The Catcher in the Rye in grade 9, it has always remained on the top of my list for favorite books. Back then, reading English literature was difficult for me, given my little exposure to the language. But I literally could not put the novel down, spurred by some enchanting puissance that it possessed...