the state i am in
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^ It's an annoying thing about these forums, but the most up to date list is on page 5 here: http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/popular-culture-type/13672-dn-s-author-type-list-iii-5.html and as you can see, Kafka has been changed to INFJ. Ken Kesey too, is now ENFP. Vonnegut is now INFJ. Point noted about William S. Burroughs, I'm still not sure we've got his type down. I have Henry Miller as ENTP. Would that not work? I will add Campbell and Robbins to the ENFPs. DFW is already listed as INFP. Added Eggers. Lester Bangs I have long since thought of as INFP, but does he fit into an author list? I may add him anyway. Added Calvino. Marquez INxP certainly. Maybe I'll put him as INFP for now, really depends how sure you are of your typing of him? Added Kundera although I'm not familiar with him personally I'll take your word for it. Added Barthelme. Still not sure of Nabakov, certainly INTP/INFJ, just INFJ seems to fit better for now. Ironic you ask, Blake as long flitted between the INFP/INFJ categories, although currently INFJ. Ginsberg will add as INFP, I have long thought this but wanted confirmation. Thanks a lot for your extensive insights state!
Didion certainly doesn't look like an ENFP! File:Joan Didion at the Brooklyn Book Festival.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
i know, that's why i thought she was an infj before i started second guessing. henry miller is 100% enfp. i've never been more certain of anything in my life (something he always says). he's just gushy at times, he's not mentally organized but still scattered and brilliant. an enfp expat reading bergson in paris and wandering the streets of brooklyn to get a hot dog at 3 am. nothing better than going for a walk. marquez is an nf, both him and calvino are tough for me. i think infp until further notice suffices.
what are your thoughts on vonnegut as infj instead of intp? i'm torn, i can see both.
also henry and june is a very interesting book. i'm still not sure if anais nin is infp or isfp. it's a tough call, i find. she definitely understands his gushing inspiration more so than she understands his Ne flights.