Herself
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- 10thousanddoors.org
- Caffeinated Ideas
- Dr. Roy Christman's Blog
- Erin L. Delaney
- Gort42
- Marlon James
- Out in the Sticks
- The Lu Lac Political Letter
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Government |
| Occupation | political organizing |
| Location | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. Outlying Islands |
| Introduction | I'm a writer, and I teach as an adjunct professor at a community college. I'm a graduate of Wilkes University (class of '04), and I have an MA in English Lit. & Creative Writing from SUNY Binghamton. Most recently I worked as a field organizer on the Obama campaign. |
| Interests | creative writing, talismanic umbrellas, poetry, 20th Century American literature, Guinness, Irish literature, war literature, Guinness, Scottish Terriers, classic film, indie film, dandelions, politics, Guinness, Major League Baseball, funky eyeglasses, Ireland, Cape Cod, crows, Guinness, Norman Mailer, The Democratic Party, Barack Obama |
| Favorite Movies | The Quiet Man, How Green Was My Valley, The Grapes of Wrath, Fort Apache, Rio Grande, They Were Expendable, all John Ford films, From Here To Eternity, The Best Years Of Our Lives, Since You Went Away, North By Northwest, Vertigo, Out Of The Past, Kiss Me Deadly, film noir in general, Hayao Miyazaki, Bergman, Godard, Trouffaut |
| Favorite Music | The Arcade Fire, Coldplay, TV on the Radio, The Decemberists, Modest Mouse, Damien Rice, Death Cab for Cutie, The White Stripes, Johnny Cash, Lucinda Williams, Aimee Mann, Aaron Copeland, Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane |
| Favorite Books | In Country, The Naked and the Dead, From Here To Eternity, The Armies of The Night, The Time of Our Time, Cold Mountain, The Shipping News, Dubliners, The Blackwater Lightship, A Star Called Henry, A Wild Sheep Chase, Kafka On The Shore, Pride and Prejudice, World's End The Country Between Us, Sleeping Preacher, Dien Cai Dau, Song of Napalm |
Your people want to make a statue in your honor. What will it be made out of and what victory will it commemorate?
It will be made out of empty Jameson's bottles and will celebrate the publication of WAR STORIES, my first book.