Junior Nathan King is the Digital Media Editor in Chief of Ladue Media and has been on staff for two years. When he’s not agonizing over an unending maelstrom of assignments, he’s probably busy reading classic novels. In his nonexistent free time, he also enjoys exploring the outdoors or sleeping. His favorite pen is a Pilot E95s with Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue ink.
![Duckham spends large amounts of her free time reading. Dealing with fewer classes this year, Duckham’s bookshelf at home has seen more use. “I call every book my favorite, but not truly every book [is]. I wrote my dissertation on Herman Melville, so I guess I'd have to say Moby Dick, is definitely one of my all time favorites,” Duckham said. “I really do love both British and American novelists of the 19th century. I tend to prefer nonfiction over fiction. For some reason, I think there's so many great non fiction writers, and I love the whole idea of something being true.
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