Michael Jackson’s Book Collection and Passion for Poetry
July 03, 2024
Michael Jackson was said to have a collection of 10,000 books. Among the bookstores he would visit was Dutton’s Bookstore in Los Angeles, California. Owner Dave Dutton says Michael’s favorite part of the store was the poetry section and his son Dirk Dutton mentions that Ralph Waldo Emerson was Michael’s favorite poet remarking that “I think you would find a great deal of the transcendental, all accepting philosophy in his lyrics.”