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The Proust Questionnaire, with Erin Balser
Submitted by clelia on April 14, 2010 - 2:26pm
Erin Balser is a writer, critic and consultant living in Toronto. A displaced Maritimer, she drinks way too much coffee, spends all her time on the internet, pretends she’s a vegan and writes things. You can find her writing such things at Books@Torontoist, where she’s the senior editor, Bookclub-in-a-Box, where she’s the associate executive director and @booksin140. Her latest project, KIRBC Presents Books in 140 Seconds premiered on YouTube airwaves this spring and her first book, Don't Stop Believin': The Unofficial Guide to Glee, will be published by ECW Press this fall. In her answers to the Proust Questionnaire, Erin tells us where she'd like to live, what she most dislikes, her greatest accomplishment and more. The Proust Questionnaire was not invented by Marcel Proust, but it was a much loved game by the French author and many of his contemporaries. The idea behind the questionnaire is that the answers are supposed to reveal the respondent's "true" personality. _________________________________ What is your dream of happiness? What is your idea of misery? Where would you like to live? What qualities do you admire most in a man? What qualities do you admire most in a woman? What is your chief characteristic? What is your principal fault? What is your greatest extravagance? What faults in others are you most tolerant of? What do you value most about your friends? What characteristic do you dislike most in others? What characteristic do you dislike most in yourself? What is your favourite virtue? What is your favourite occupation? What would you like to be? What is your favourite colour? What is your favourite flower? What is your favourite bird? What historical figure do you admire the most? What character in history do you most dislike? Who are your favourite prose authors? Who are your favourite poets? Who are your favourite heroes in fiction? Who are your heroes in real life? Who is your favourite painter? Who is your favourite musician? What is your favourite food? What is your favourite drink? What are your favourite names? What is it you most dislike? What natural talent would you most like to possess? How do you want to die? What is your current state of mind? What do you consider your greatest accomplishment? What is your motto? _________________________________ Check back for more Proust Questionnaires with Canada's literati in this latest series of interviews on Open Book. Related item from our archives |