Phoebe Waller-Bridge Opts for Dinner With Shakespeare

When the New York Times asked Phoebe Waller-Bridge, "What book might people be surprised to find on your shelves?" we were, indeed, surprised (and a bit pleased, really) to learn that she likes to read Charles Bukowski. "I’m a big fan of Charles Bukowski," she writes. "He was an old dog, but I love how visceral his writing is." Regarding those dinner plans: 

You’re organizing a literary dinner party. Which three writers, dead or alive, do you invite?

Definitely Shakespeare. I want to look that guy in the eye. I’d tell him there were other people invited, so he would definitely come. But in the end there’d just be an intense little table in a tiny room, lit by a single candle and me saying: “O.K. Come on. How the f—”

Disappointing, overrated, just not good: What book did you feel as if you were supposed to like, and didn’t? Do you remember the last book you put down without finishing?

Ha. I’m not going to tell you that.

What do you plan to read next?

“Ghost Wall,” by Sarah Moss, and “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” by Taffy Brodesser-Akner.

Read the complete interview at NYT.