I'm a writer teaching in the English Department at a private university. My top passions are reading, writing, teaching and traveling. I love discovering new places, foods, languages, and writers. I've traveled all over the world, with favorite spots in Greece, Slovenia, and Ireland.
My match: An avid reader with a silly streak and appetite for culture. Someone who likes travel of the airplane and armchair variety. An idealist with a creative instinct.
Some of my favorite... .
Books: Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, Les Mots by Sartre, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, The Diary of Adrian Mole (aged 13 and 3/4) by Sue Townsend, Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky, All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren, Rosie and Michael by Judith Viorst, Hurdy-Gurdy by Tim Seibles, Very Far Away from Anywhere Else by Ursula LeGuin, Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye, Salad Anniversary by Tawara Machi, From the Devotions by Carl Phillips, "The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things" by Carolyn Mackler, anything by James Baldwin.
Films: Ma Vie en Rose, Philadelphia Story (Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn), Beautiful Thing, Shall We Dance (Japanese version), Spellbound (spelling bee doc), Ju Dou, The Lives of Others, Some Like It Hot, All About My Mother, Antonia's Line, Wizard of Oz, Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom, When Harry Met Sally
Music: Decemberists, Feist, Ray LaMontagne, Nelly McKay, Lilly Allen, Regina Spektor, Yann Tiersen
Food: Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Thai, and Indian
