Valerie M. Russo Evans

My blogs

Gender	Female
Industry	Communications or Media
Occupation	Social Media Strategist/Writer
Location	New York, NY, United States
Links	Wishlist
Introduction	A native New Yorker born to Puerto Rican & Sicilian parents in Spanish Harlem's El Barrio, Literanista is a Social Media Strategist, a published poet/writer, has worked at Hachette Book Group, Aol, Thomson Reuters and scouts the web for multicultural literary news, tech trends, innovation, working on her debut novel & about a million other things.
Interests	Reading, writing, poetry, anthropology/culture, web2.0, travel, cooking, fashion, life.
Favorite Movies	Volver, Napolean Dynamite, American Beauty, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Amelie, Philadelphia, The Motorcycle Diaries...
Favorite Music	Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ayo, M.I.A, Nelly Furtado, Floetry, Lily Allen, Green Day, Shakira, Akon, Mos Def, KRS One, The Roots...
Favorite Books	The Grapes of Wrath, Blindness, A Wrinkle in Time, The Alchemist, Crime & Punishment, The Color Purple, The Bluest Eye, The Awakening.

Unlike a dog, how can a turtle ever be naked?

Because they always have their shell on covering their most 'delicate' spots and serving as armor