M.J.

My blogs

Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Location	CT
Introduction	I was a transplant to NYC from Memphis, but I'm not from Memphis, was there for my MFA in writing. I'm a New Englander through and through. I write poetry and creative nonfiction, with poems published online and in print. I am writing a memoir currently as well as working on fiction. I also taught ESL to 18-21 year old recent immigrants. I currently have moved to the burbs!
Interests	Literature, travel, dogs, writing, movie, swimming, details
Favorite Movies	too many and constantly changing...Right now Billy Elliot, Stranger Than Fiction, I'll add more as they appear
Favorite Music	Top 40 to 1980s pop and alternative as well as international such as European top 40 even if I don't understand all the words..Alors On Danse
Favorite Books	And When Did You Last See Your Father? Me Talk Pretty One Day; Naked, To Kill a Mockingbird; Housekeeping; Collected poems of Adam Zagajewski, Wislawa Szymborska, and Agha Shahid Ali