Benjamin
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Writer & Teacher |
| Location | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Introduction | New England-born, Thailand-rebooted writer who lives and works in Southeast Asia (and other locales) |
| Interests | Boston Red Sox, Horror Movies, Japanese food, giant squid, Tintin, and coffee |
| Favorite movies | Shawshank Redemption, Breaker Morant (and anything else by Bruce Beresford), Gallipoli (and anything else by Peter Weir), Smoke Signals, J and K Horror, Zom Rom Coms, Thai films like "Last Life in the Universe" (among others). |
| Favorite music | Obscure 80's and 90's bands, Thai pop (Loso, Caribou, Sua, etc.), Socialist folk punk like Billy Bragg, soulfully angry Canadians like Bruce Cockburn, and the world music club of Peter Gabriel (among others). |
| Favorite books | Remains of the Day, Global Soul (by Pico Iyer), TC Boyle's short fiction, Russell Banks epics of New England and history, Phantom Tollbooth, Crime and Punishment, anything by Gogol, everything by Sherman Alexie, etc. |