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Alexis Orgera
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GenderFemale
IndustryArts
OccupationWriter/editor
LocationSarasota, FL
IntroductionI'm a poet and freelance writer/editor based in Florida. I'm the Assistant Director of the Writing Resource Center at New College. And I'm into art/design/craftwork and greening up our lives.
Interestsreading, poetry, writing, movies, hikes, walking around, animals, music, crafts, art, design, good tv shows
Favorite moviesThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Proposition, Rushmore, Trainspotting, Leon, Toys, Donnie Darko, Badlands, 12 Monkeys, Dead Poets Society, Shakespeare in Love, Il Postino
Favorite musicHow about early influences because there's just too much great music-- Hole: Live through This, early Sinead, early Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Op Ivy, Rancid, Ani D, Mazzy Star, Nirvana, Simon and Garfunkel, lots of 60's music and punk compilations
Favorite booksNovels: As I Lay Dying, Song of Solomon, The Passion, Beasts of No Nation, Their Eyes Were Watching God, People of Paper, any by Edwidge Danticat, Invisible Cities, Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer, too many poets to name but I like The Vintage Books of Contemporary World and American Poetry and a little anthology ed. by Pinsky called The Handbook of Heartbreak.

You can punch a hole in an apple using a straw. How do you think that makes your milkshake feel?

Pretty darn oozy.

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