Do you count any books as guilty pleasures? I find mainstream autobiographies (relatively) simply told a guilty pleasure. For example, I’m currently reading “Last Chance Texaco” by Rickie Lee Jones and I’m really enjoying it. It reminds me of two other poets’ autobiographical books I love: Alice Notley’s “Mysteries of Small Houses” and Joy Harjo’s …

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