I am a retired Professor in he Humanities, EMERITUS at Gateway Community College, NEW HAVEN CT;
I produce a local cable TV show on poetry from around the world. ''POETRY OF IMMIGRANTS" PLEASE check it out on www.vsctv.com ; we have completed 36 shows (just look for the sailboat) .I have published six anthologies and edited texts for college readers, 'STORIES FROM THE OTHER SIDE.' ; Pearson Learning Solutions, 2005, 2006, 2009 - 2012. More Recently I published a poetry collection 2016, inspired in large part by the Sonoran Desert with digital art by Barbara Peabody of Tucson. I just love the desert imagery.

I love to cook, listen to classical music, hike the local trails, entertain international guests, and I love to practice speaking Russian. Francis E. Crowley, PhD
Self-published a POETRY COLLECTION: ''BAR POEMS AND OTHER WHIMSIES'' ; 2016
check out www.vsctv.com
SHOWS # 1-15

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To share my passion for performance art in the spoken word. I attend poetry readings in New Haven and poetry slams in Tucson, AZ. I love to cook and to share meals with international guests who can, in turn, share home receipes. I love to hike the local beaches, attend concerts and to learn other languages. I can offer a bed, share meals and drive my guests to local towns, i.e., New Haven, Old Saybrook. I am looking for guests for our cable TV show "POETRY OF IMMIGRANTS" produced in Westbrook, CT at a community, non-profit studio.

Interests

• poetry
• poetry slams
• writing poetry
• publishing
• producer of tv show on poetry
• tv production hiking in the desert. photography

Music, Movies, and Books

Jazz, Russian symphonic music ; "DAY OF HE LOCUST" ; POETRY COLLECTIONS by Rumi, Michelangelo, Walt Whitman. ''BUDDENBROOKS," by Thomas Mann. ''WAR AND PEACE."
"Dr. Zhivago" ; ''BLOW-OUT" ; DEFINITIVE history of the Vietnam War (Stanley Karnow) Chopin's Waltzes ;

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I traveled to Poland and the ( CCCP ) - the Soviet Union - in 1961 when I was 19 years old to see the Parade for Yuri Gagarin in Red Square ; he was the first man in space. Kept a correspondence going in the sixties with a young Russian girl, Tanya Novikova, whom I met at the Bolshoi Theatre that trip.

Teach, Learn, Share

Creative writing, performance art in the spoken word, good cooking, hiking, Russian literature. Nearby concerts. Love of Jazz
Open mic monthly poetry readings
I wrote a travel book, TIME PLACE and PERSON , which I enjoy sharing as a guide to literary sites in Western Europe.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Russian. Original poetry AND an opportunity to be a guest on my local, cable TV show. March 29: Palestinian Poetry ; April 26: CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL POETRY MONTH.
My love for cooking ; I can prepare meals and try new receipes with my host. I can housepaint both interior and outside. I can teach the Russian alphabet (32 letters) :
beginning conversational Russian with the basics to get around on a trip there.
Walk the dog ; cuddle the cat.
I can perform the spoken word of familiar American poems on an impromptu talent night.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Haiti, Ireland, Mexico, Poland, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland