John Bryden

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Publishing
Occupation Editor
Location New Zealand
Introduction Armchair philosopher, amateur poet, father of four, explorer of faith, Baha'i.
Interests religion, poetry, philosophy, photography, land and sea, music, family
Favorite Movies Not a big movie buff. A few that I saw years ago struck me, like "Being There", Peter Sellers' last film.
Favorite Music Bach's concertos for violin, The Chieftains: "Tears of Stone", Samoan and African choir music.
Favorite Books Angle of Ascent (poems) by Robert Hayden, detective novels by James Lee Burke, Millennium: a history of the past thousand years by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century, An Introduction to English Poetry by James Fenton, Rules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse by Mary Oliver, The Art of Creative Thinking by Gerard Nierenberg, etc, etc