Writer & elementary school teacher; anti-Trump American expat in Gurye, South Korea. I've lived in Korea for almost three years. I have a master's degree in Creative Writing. I'm a former fiction editor. I love books, I love music and art, I love 초고추장, and I love to meet interesting people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to meet interesting people from around the world.

Interests

Writing. Reading. Music - listening, playing, history. Wandering. Language. Culture.

• arts
• movies
• music
• history
• reading books
• creative writing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music nerd. Blues, jazz, country, bluegrass, classical, rock, hip hop, funk - anything -- but especially old strange recordings. 1920s Greek fiddle? Yes please.

David Lynch, Coen Bros, PT Anderson, Cuaron, Scorsese, Bong Joon Ho, Park Chan Wook, etc etc etc.

Faulkner, Chekhov, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Flaubert, Lorrie Moore, Joyce Carol Oates, Ann Beatty, Jane Hirshfield, and on and on and on.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Becoming friends with 300 middle schoolers whose language I didn't speak, and then breaking my heart saying goodbye to them all. And then, the next year, doing it all again.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Czech Republic, France, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, United States