A few days ago, writer Teju Cole posed a question to his Twitter followers: “One living writer or musician as the focus of your unconditional affection. Someone all of whose work you buy. Who would that be for you?”

The question incited responses from many people, including journalists, magazine editors, and novelists. Salon chronicled some of the results.

What about you? If you had to choose only one writer or musician to follow, who would it be?