jared
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer and Director |
| Location | Bloomington, IL, United States |
| Introduction | I spent many years as a professor of theatre, first at Western Illinois University, then at Illinois Wesleyan University, where I was Director of the School of Theatre Arts. After retiring, I've devoted myself to fulltime writing; during that time I've published two books, several essays, and have written many plays. |
| Interests | Reading, traveling, exploring museums and galleries, collecting DVDs, baseball, tennis, keeping up my website <booksbyjaredbrown.net> |
| Favorite movies | Citizen Kane, Maltese Falcon, The Seventh Seal, 8 1/2, Nashville, Blue, Red and White (the trilogy), Genevieve, Babel, Raise the Red Lantern, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Sophie's Choice, All the President's Men, Cries and Whispers, La Strada, and many, many more. |
| Favorite music | Folk, classical, show music, a little (but only a little) rock. |
| Favorite books | Some of my favorites among recent novels include THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF CAVALIER AND KLAY, INFINITE JEST, SUITE FRANCAISE, A DARK-ADAPTED EYE, THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE, THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA, THE GUERNSEY LITERARY SOCIETY, EVIDENCE OF THINGS UNSEEN. A few years earlier: THE BOOK OF DANIEL and RAGTIME. Far too many to mention. |