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| Industry | Education |
|---|---|
| Occupation | College English Instructor |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | I am an instructor at a local college where I teach freshman comp (rhetoric and literature), advanced compostion/creative nonfiction, Intro to Fiction, and Writing in the Humanities. I've also taught technical writing. "My business is circumference." Emily Dickinson in a letter to T. W. Higginson, July 1862. |
| Interests | Knitting, reading, writing, movies, music, travel, cats |
| Favorite Movies | The Princess Bride, The Big Chill, The Magnificent Seven, Angels in America, Citizen Kane, Arsenic and Old Lace--really too many for this space. |
| Favorite Music | Dave Matthews, Lyle Lovett, Elvis, Dwight Yokem, Joni Mitchell, Crowded House, The Pretenders, the Beatles--again, the list is endless and eclectic. |
| Favorite Books | I have nearly 6000 books, so trying to narrow down my favorites is impossible--though Shakespeare, Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Flannery O'Connor, E. A. Poe, Walker Percy, William Faulkner top the list. |
You've successfully slain the dragon! How will you toast your marshmallows?
With the sparks from my fingertips.