Marsalis Higgs
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Marsalis Higgins is a writer who spent his childhood composing picture epics and giving lectures. As a teenager, he published his first novel, March of the Libertines. After graduating cum laude from the University of Michigan, he published works in every literary style and genre. Higgins is the founder of the pop music blog Paraphernalia and was featured in the 2019 short fiction anthology Five Minutes at Hotel Stormcove. We spoke with Higgins about what’s on his music playlist.
What inspires you to show up at work every day?
Knowing that my stories bring fun, joy, and happiness into people’s lives.
How did you determine your career path?
I feel like my path actually determined me. Ever since I was a child, writing was all I thought about and wanted to do. When other kids were playing outside, I was typing on the computer. I loved the notion of making a living from making up fantasies.
Describe the skills that will be essential to future entrepreneurs, business leaders, and innovators.
Adaptable to change, open to new ideas, and staying true to one’s vision.
Name three books that changed how you saw life that you would recommend to others.
Play it as it Lays by Joan Didion, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol by Andy Warhol, Myths from Mesopotamia edited by Stephanie Dalley.
How does music impact and influence you?
Music is vitally important for the way it releases tension, inhibition, and fear. I love to dance; I love a good groove. I even make playlists for my books so I can realize and visualize before a word is even written.
Name five top songs on your playlist.
“Human Behaviour” by Björk, “Golden Years” by David Bowie, “114799” by RP Boo, “Put Your Hands Where My Hands Could See” by Busta Rhymes, “The Pleasure Principle” by Janet Jackson.
If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
Replace tyranny with love.
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