Martha

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Education
Occupation Instructor of English
Location Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Introduction I'm a big, soft, warm, middle-aged blonde with too much education and a soft spot for the written word. I'm an online English instructor, art lover, poet, and avid filmgoer.
Interests Contemporary Poetry, fiction, film, teaching, art, museums, jazz, design, great conversation, romance, food, style, postmodernism.
Favorite Movies Spike Lee, Chris Eyre, Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, Steve Martin, Jane Campion, Breakfast At Tiffany's, On the Waterfront, It Happened One Night, Hud, To Have and To Have Not, Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Desk Set, Chinatown, Amelie, L.A. Confidential, Raise the Red Lantern, Crush, The League of Gentlemen.
Favorite Music Putamayo collections, Michael Buble, Kurt Elling, Jackie Allen, Marvin Gaye, Tom Waits, Rickie Lee Jones, Lyle Lovett, Little Stevie Wonder, Talking Heads, Gershwin, Gilberto Gil, Ditty Bops, Django Reinhardt, Leon Redbone, Bob Dylan, and Cat Stevens.
Favorite Books Another Country, A Christmas Memory, Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby, Pablo Neruda, Jorie Graham, Alice Notley, Li-Young Lee, Tony Hoagland, David Sedaris, Loren Eisenberg, Brenda Coultas.