Rachel

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Industry Education
Occupation Librarian
Location St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States
Introduction Rachel Wexelbaum is a librarian at St. Cloud State University.
Interests Reading, creative writing, drawing, research, teaching, librarianship, libraries, archives, museums, globalization, multiculturalism, ethnic studies, history, anthropology, cultural studies, gastronomy, spices, cardamom, gingerbread, ayurvedic medicine, linguistics, drumming, nature, film, documentaries, travel, activism, LGBT issues, LGBT studies, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender, queer studies, diaries, animals, children's books, graphic novels, puzzles, scrabble, the middle ages, the renaissance, indigenous peoples, nomads, rom, saami, khazars, native americans, immigration, second language acquisition, scandinavia, united kingdom, germany, the netherlands, belgium, hungary, serbia, russia, israel, palestine, india, storytelling, journalism, Jewish studies, Islam, Hinduism, interfaith relations, humanism, human rights
Favorite Movies Foreign films, animated features, comedies, crime films, psychological thrillers, historical films.
Favorite Music Classic rock, British New Wave, folk music, movie soundtracks, Indigo Girls, Ofra Haza, Youssou N'Dour, John Denver, African and Middle Eastern music, Bollywood music. Russian classical music by Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, and Tchaikovsky.
Favorite Books Drinking the Sea at Gaza, Now is the Hour, Playing for Time, The Neverending Story, The Scarlet Letter, Moby Dick, Crime and Punishment, Kinky Gazpacho, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Woman Warrior, My Year of Meats, Tortilla Curtain, Inside Belsen, Where the Wild Things Are, The Mitten.