David Matthews
| Occupation | man of letters |
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| Location | Portland, OR, United States |
| Introduction | Native of the South Carolina Midlands. Poet. Man of the left. With Shelley, lover of mankind, democrat, and atheist. |
| Interests | Literature, intellectual and cultural history, film, running, basketball |
| Favorite movies | Children of Paradise, The Seventh Seal, Amarcord, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Ran, The Last Picture Show |
| Favorite music | Blonde on Blonde, Grievous Angel, Mahler's Fifth Symphony, Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James |
| Favorite books | The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, Ecce Homo, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Rebel, Gravity's Rainbow, Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable |