alanpaul
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Gender | Male |
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Industry | Publishing |
Occupation | writer |
Location | Maplewood, NJ, United States |
Introduction | Author of Big In China. Father of Jacob, Eli and Anna. Husband of Rebecca. Everything else pales in comparison. |
Interests | Wilt Chamberlain, Spencer Haywood, Gibson guitars, Southern culture, Chinese culture, fried chicken, maupo tofu, mojitos, coffee |
Favorite Movies | The Big Sleep, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Hoop Dreams |
Favorite Music | The Allman Brothers Band, Dixie Doc, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Albert King, Johnny Cash, Little Milton, Cleanhead Vinson, Bobby Blue Bland, Howlin' Wolf, Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, Al Green, Johnny Copeland, Ray Charles, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Freddie King, Marvin Gaye, Wilson Pickett, anything recorded at Muscle Shoals |
Favorite Books | Sometimes A Great Notion, Crime and Punishment, The Invisible Man; all by Phillip Roth and Russell Banks, much by George Pelecanos and Walter Moseley |