Tao Lin's book recommendations

The author recommends works by Merlin Stone, Karen Wetmore, and more

Tao Lin.
(Image credit: Noah Kalina)

In his new memoir, Trip, novelist Tao Lin explores how using psychedelic drugs reawakened his capacity to be enchanted by life. Below, the author of Taipei and Eeeee Eee Eeee names six books that also rearranged his understanding of the world.

When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone (Mariner, $15).

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