A Blonde by Night
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Writer, Editor, English translator |
| Location | Mediolanum, In medias res, Italy |
| Introduction | I love words, alphabets, figures, codes, and symbols: give me a new foreign language, the Book of Numbers, the sephiroth tree or a fancy deck of playing cards, and you'll make my day. Also, put on some Steely Dan. |
| Interests | cats, music, words, numbers, reading, writing, copy-editing, languages, linguistics, grammar, etymology, spitting limericks and satyrical rhymes, mythology, delving into the realms of astrology, playing Chinese checkers, cooking, eating well, drinking better, swimming, sleeping, generally enjoying life! |
| Favorite Movies | Nashville, Hair, The Big Chill, Erin Brockovic, Someone Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Postman Always Rings Twice, New York Stories, Annie Hall, Zelig, Rear Window, The Lady Vanishes, The Birds, Apocalypse Now, Jules et Jim, That Obscure Object of Desire, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Schindler's List, Il medico della mutua, Viaggi di nozze, Bianco rosso e verdone, Un sacco bello, Pippi Longstocking, The Aristocats, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Ratatouille |
| Favorite Music | jazz, rock, soul, jazz-rock, funk, fusion, latin jazz, bossa, blues, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, The Doobie Brothers, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, João & Astrud Gilberto, Gilberto Gil, Mongo Santamaria, Billie Holiday, Stan Getz, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Aretha Franklin, Burt Bacharach, Flora Purim, Maria Bethania, Diana Krall, Sheryl Crow, Rickie Lee Jones, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Paul Weller, Michael Franks, The Beatles, The Yellowjackets, Joe Sample and The Crusaders, Bob James, The Pink Floyd, REM U2, UB40, Morrissey, The Smiths, The Style Council, Tom Waits, JJ Cale, Fabrizio De André, Francesco Guccini, Francesco De Gregori, Vinicio Capossela |
| Favorite Books | any book by David Lodge, most of Sylvia Plath's works, the "Tales of the City" series by Armistead Maupin, "Una questione privata" and "Il partigiano Johnny" by Beppe Fenoglio, any poem by Eugenio Montale, quite a bit of T.S. Eliot, the complete works by William Shakespeare, "Memorie di un gatto" by Regina Henscheid, any book by Astrid Lindgren, "Mary Poppins", "Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass" |