I recently moved to Atlanta, Georgia, from Madison, Wisconsin, where I earned my PhD in English. I'm currently teaching in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech. I'm a creative writer (hybrid poetry-prose-playwriting and digital poetics) and scholarly writer (current projects are "Conceptual Theatre" and "American Plastic"). I'm also a multimedia performance artist! More info: https://katrinaschaag.wordpress.com/

My boyfriend, Andrew (pictured) recently completed his PhD in Art Theory and Practice. We make artwork collaboratively, and also curate experimental public events. We love avant-garde and contemporary art, theatre, film, and literature; and also kickboxing, dancing, and swimming. We love to travel, and we are both very polite and conscientious guests. We look forward to meeting you!

My pronouns are she/they, and Andrew's are he/him.

PHILOSOPHY

Infinite Possibilities!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Andrew and I had a wonderful experience with Couchsurfing in Paris! Our lovely host seems to have deactivated her profile, so the reference is no longer showing up. I have unofficially crashed at many friends' and strangers' houses, and have also hosted many friends and strangers. I love meeting new people and learning from them! :)

Interests

art, performance, theatre, poetry, philosophy, dance, queer femme feminism, politics

• writing
• literature
• poetry
• contemporary art
• dancing
• politics
• traveling
• swimming
• performance art
• feminism
• digital media
• anti-racism
• queer theory
• femme aesthetics

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: Zardoz, Wild at Heart, Blue Velvet, Angel of Fire, Dogville, American Beauty, The Ice Storm, Hellraiser, An American Hippie in Israel, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T

Music: Sonic Youth, Velvet Underground, Bikini Kill, PJ Harvey, Kate Bush, Nina Simone, Les Rallizes Denudes, Swans, Wu-Tang Clan, GZA, Les Georges Leningrad, MF Doom, Diamanda Galas, Yoko Ono, Bjork

Books: Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett, Gertrude Stein, John Cage, Virginia Woolf, Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Percival Everett, Don DeLillo, Anne Carson, Suzan-Lori Parks

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

explored underground tunnels and city caves

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach/share: writing, editing, art, public speaking

What I Can Share with Hosts

One of the many reasons I chose higher education as a career path is because I embrace a lifelong love of learning! And I'm very happy to share book, theatre, music, and film recommendations. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Mexico, Serbia