Hi! Just pasting my author's bio for convenience. Julian Francis Park lives in Oakland, CA and writes poems, narrative, literary criticism, and social theory. Through the Bay Area Public School J facilitates a weekly writing workshop, “Writing with world stuff,” at the Omni Commons, where J also is on the Communications and Challenging Dominant Cultures working groups. J works, and trains others to work, intake in Causa Justa/Just Cause’s Tenants’ Rights Clinic. J received an MFA in poetry from Mills College.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Aside from the prospect of meeting cool people—because it's cheaper than hotels, and not promoting gentrification like Airbnb does

兴趣

• literature
• poetry
• radical politics
• critical theory

音乐、电影和书籍

Books are everything to me. Contemporary small press poetry, radical history, and critical/social theory on all types of subjects. Also speculative & weird fiction.

Movies—I don't make as much time for anymore. I lean somewhat more toward interest the kinds of subject matter & approaches that used to be independent films only, but I can get into pretty much anything. Horror, not so much.

I like music with layers that can get my often still body moving. Mostly I listen while reading / doing other things & I find ambient, dance, and experimental electronic music as well as jazz (bop & later) allow me to check in and out. I also love a range of hip hop (backpack to trap), punk (& derivatives), r&b (from early 20th century to today, & including artists like FKA Twigs and Frank Ocean that defy label).

教，学，和分享

Teach: writing & political organizing techniques.
Learn: anything, I love learning about everything.
Share: everything we can.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

cooking, cleaning, beer money