Hello, Reddit!
I'm a writer trying to become a better writer by reading more. I want to read more writers that have interesting, rich, detail-heavy, and interesting prose, while exploring dark subject matters.
I really like Cormac McCarthy and David Foster Wallace's prose and I'm currently reading William S. Burroughs. I know he's not an author but I really like the writing of Joe Casey, the frontman of Protomatyr (check out the lyrics to A Private Understanding, Half-Sister, Night-Blooming Cereus as examples of writing I really enjoy and what I'm looking for in more authors). I'm currently planning on doing a deep dive on Thomas Pynchon and Kurt Vonnegut so no need for suggestions on those guys.
Please share any writers, especially women and PoC, that have similar prose as I'm trying to find an author to become obsessed with and really invest in as I've never had that happen before. I've just really enjoyed a good book. I want to fall head over heels with an author's bibliography.
Thank you so much for any suggestions!!!!
by TheCrispyTiger