26: Classic Kate

The conceit is simple and compelling. A college aged woman explores who she is through classic literature. And the one-woman powerhouse behind the internet phenomenon that is Classic Alice, Kate Hackett, is just as brilliant.

If you haven’t yet, we highly, highly recommend you watch CLASSIC ALICE ASAP. It’s a fun, fresh, earnest ride that hits all the touchstones of early 20s growing pains.

This week, we thought we’d share our favorite books with all of you lovely Clambake attendees. Hit us back with your faves on twitter: @clambakepod

Angela’s Top 10:

- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (I mean, obviously)

- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

- Everything Harry Potter, but especially The Prisoner of Azkaban (Siris Black = so sexy, amirite?)

- The First Bad Man by Miranda July

- For The Men by Jules Towers (Couldn’t resist!)

- Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

- Iphigenia and Other Daughters by Ellen McLoughlin (This is a play, so sue me!)

- The Little Lump of Clay by Diane Engel (Fav book as a kid… makes me wanna cry just thinking about it.)

- Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (I’ve played Viola three times so I basically have this dark comedy memorized)

- Melancholy Play by Sarah Ruhl (Also a play. Can’t help myself)

Lindsay’s Top 10:

- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

- Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice

- Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

- Nora Ephron’s Collected Essays

- Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher

- The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy

- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

- Every Girl Is the End of the World for Me by Jeffrey Brown

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