#295: Jordan Castro

Jordan Castro on His World-Famous Ice Cream, Walking Quickly Backwards Up a Hill, Praying the Saint Francis Prayer, and more.

Cool people like cool things, which is why we asked Jordan Castro to share a taste of his taste on Perfectly Imperfect.

Jordan Castro is a New Haven-based writer. His first novel, The Novelist: A Novel, came out last Summer on Soft Skull Press and follows an unnamed protagonist as he attempts to work on his novel over the span of a single morning. It’s clever & sincere and one of my favorites of the year. Jordan was also the former editor of the highly influential alt-lit publication, NY Tyrant Magazine. He also tells me that he can squat 410, deadlift 440, and bench 265. Hell yeah. Lucky for us, Jordan is here to tell us what he’s been into.

Without further ado

Jordan Castro (instagram, other instagram, twitter)

🦶💆‍♂️ Happy feet

Before I go to sleep, I put on my Happy Feet—socks, according to their website, “designed to separate, stretch, and align your toes”—and I wear them for ~30 minutes. People never think about their feet—unless they are some fetishist, which is, I’m afraid to say…