CURRENT MISSION

I'm a graduate student in comparative literature.

ABOUT ME

I'm always on a bike, headed to or from a coffee shop for reading, writing, and hanging out.

PHILOSOPHY

"Do not be content with an imaginary god." -Allen Grossman

"Every document of civilization is also a document of barbarism." -Walter Benjamin

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm just finding out/getting started with couchsurfing. My much more adventuresome and well-travelled friend Roy told me about it.

Interests

Poetry, literature, cycling, swimming.

• writing
• literature
• poetry
• coffee
• marathon
• shopping
• reading
• cars
• cycling
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Andrew Bujalski, Ross McElwee, Robert Bresson movies, among others. Lo-fi acoustic music and stuff. All kinds of books: I'm reading nobel-prize winner Elfriede Jelinek's The Piano Teacher right now...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Qualifying for the Boston Marathon

Teach, Learn, Share

I have a lot of writing experience so I can help you edit your job and school applications. I can also give inspired lectures on American poetry and poetics. I would like to learn how to build bookshelves and understand how cars work.