Hello, I was/am a writer, never made any money, but it's what I like to do. Also I work in the aviation industry.

I like literature and travel most of all

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love having conversations with people from backgrounds different from my own. The world is a very big place, and everyone on it sees life with a different perspective.

CS seems like the best opportunity to visit a place outside of the standard tourist experience.

Interests

Reading, writing, hiking, biking, attending concerts and plays, visiting museums.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• literature
• performing arts
• concerts
• aviation
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
LIVING:
Anne Carson, Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Pynchon.
DEAD: Shakespeare, Faulkner, Melville, James Joyce, Kafka, Doestoyevsky, Gogol, Emily Dickinson, Hart Crane, William Blake. Also Beckett, Thomas Bernhard, Hrabal

Music: Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Leonard Cohen, Charles Mingus, Beethoven, Bartok, Stravinsky . Good country music, Nick Cave

Movies: Vertigo, Woody Allen, Kubrick, Stalker, 8&1/2, Big Lebowski, etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Accidentally joined a performance art piece in a Manhattan art gallery.
Swam in Lake Baikal.
Climbed a volcano in Guatemala.
Paid taxes.

Teach, Learn, Share

Literature, history of the American south.

Outside of these two topics, I'm pretty ignorant. There's probably not a person on the planet who couldn't teach me something.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I will gladly talk about anything as long as its interesting. I especially enjoy history, art, and culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Cambodia, China, Colombia, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States