What are some books you come back to time and time again?
Oh! Excellent question! Thank you for asking it! (and sorry for the slow response time) My ultimate over-and-over again book is: The Bridge of Beyond by Simone Schwartz-Bart. (Or: Pluie et Vent sur Tellumet Miracle in French...no idea why they changed the title this much in translation)
The book meanders through the lives of two generations of women in Guadeloupe, tracing their joys, heartbreaks, and resilience through a deeply saturated sense of place and the constant presence of Caribbean idiom and folklore. Every time my heart is broken, I read it again. Each time, it teaches me to find wonder in my sorrow, and strength to go on.
On a very different note, my when-I'm-feeling-indulgent-re-read is: The Less than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal by E.K. Weaver.
It is a tenderly drawn, slowly unfolding romance, and one of my favorite ways to vicariously fall in love. Although I have and re-read the print version, it originated as a webcomic and is still up to read for free in its entirety! (http://tjandamal.com/comic/) It does have some NSFW pages, though, ye be warned.
Academically, I have been coming back to this text over and over again: The Cultural Politics of emotion by Sarah Ahmed
I have to admit, I kind of hated the process of reading it. (Her writing style and mine didn't jive well), but holy shit is it relevant to all my work since then--I quote her constantly.
