Mark Sebastian Jordan

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Arts
Occupation Writer
Location Gambier, Ohio, United States
Introduction Author of The Mansfield Trilogy: Ceely, Phoebe, and Louie. Author of several short plays and monologues. Author of the poetry chapbook "The Book of Jobs." Author of the comic history of the United States "1776 and All That" Performer in the improv comedy troupe Under The Influence. Winner of awards from The Associated Press, The Case Reserve Review, The Ohio Theatre Alliance, The Ohio State University, The Ohio Arts Council, The Fran and Warren Rupp Foundation, The Mansfield/Richland County Convention and Visitors Bureau, and more.
Interests Classical music, poetry, literature, theatre, roots music, rock music, history, ghosts, GLBT issues, science, society, music composition
Favorite Movies Shawshank Redemption, Let the Right One In, Donnie Darko, Gran Torino, Aria, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Lady In White, Heathers, Big Eden, Noises Off, Stand By Me, Lars von Trier's The Kingdom, Dead Poets Society, A Hard Days Night, I'm Not There, A Fish Called Wanda, The Sixth Sense, Death in Venice, Citizen Kane, Nosferatu, Juno, O Brother Where Art Thou, Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, Burn After Reading, Chasing Amy, Dr. Strangelove, Lord Of The Rings(all), Boondock Saints, Harry Potter(all Of Them), Dogma, Amadeus, Carrington, A Room With A View, The Hours, Batman: The Dark Knight, Harold And Maude, Velvet Goldmine, Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Being John Malkovich, Dangerous Liaisons
Favorite Music Gustav Mahler, The Beatles, Robert Schumann, Bob Dylan, Ralph Vaughan Williams, David Bowie, George Frideric Handel, Old 97's, Bill Monroe, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Blind Willie Johnson, Sir Malcolm Arnold, The Kinks, Anton Bruckner, The Velvet Underground, Jean Sibelius, Rem, Sir Edward Elgar, Ani Difranco, Sigur Ros, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Ferdinand, The Smiths, Conlon Nancarrow, Frank Zappa, Elvis Presley, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lou Reed, Roxy Music, T. Rex, Camille Saint-Saëns, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Rufus Wainwright, Johannes Cicconia, Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Ives, Franz Peter Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Peter Schickele, Kurt Weill, Frédéric Chopin, Maurice Ravel, Dmitri Shostakovich, H. K. Gruber, Moondog
Favorite Books Winesburg Ohio, Leaves Of Grass, Demian, Death in Venice, Steppenwolf, In Cold Blood, Possession (by Bromfield), Lolita, The Cider House Rules, Perish From the Earth, Gone Tomorrow, Ariel, The Colossus, The Dream Songs, Billy Budd, Last Of The Mohicans, Bluebeard, Mother Night, Dream Boy, At Swim Two Boys, A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man, The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Lord Of The Flies, Anything By Pg Wodehouse, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Into Thin Air, Elephant Man, A Nervous Splendor, Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Green Bay Tree, The Farm, McTeague, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, The Mysterious Stranger, The Stranger, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Watership Down, Maurice, Metamorphosis Kafka