Karin Spirn

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Introduction I am a community college teacher, writer, and martial artist living in Oakland, California.
Interests aesthetics, alphabetizing, asceticism, angst, bodies, boxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, cats, composition, etymology, food, kickboxing, kung fu, linguistics, martial arts, monks, muay thai, narrative, novels, overtraining, philosophy, self pity, sexuality, san shou, tai chi, teaching, yoga
Favorite Movies Run Lola Run, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Wrestler, Barton Fink, American Splendor, Kung Fu Hustle, Drugstore Cowboy, The Dark Crystal, The Room
Favorite Books Slaughterhouse Five, 1984, Dogeaters, So Far From God, The Road, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Sassafrass Cypress and Indigo