My blogs

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Gender	Male
Location	United States
Introduction	I am a librarian and writer living in the Boston area. My book reviews appear regularly in The Boston Globe.
Interests	History, politics, languages, photography, cooking.
Favorite movies	The Big Lebowski, Juno, Lone Star, The Five Senses, Mostly Martha, Geburtig, The Lion in Winter, Queen Margot, The Closet, The Official Story, Go, Bowfinger, Children of the Revolution, The Amateur
Favorite music	Bach: The Cello Suites & The Goldberg Variations, Beethoven's Symphonies (sorry to be so unoriginal), Louis Armstrong, Eric Bachman, Linda Thompson.
Favorite books	Possession by A.S. Byatt, A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré, 1984 by George Orwell, The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald, A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby, The Men Who Stare at Goats by Ron Jonson, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, Guns Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond, Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt.