ABOUT ME

I'm a poet and (sometime) essayist with eight books of poetry published. I love art, live music, bookstores, looking for vintage treasures, and general exploring wherever I happen to be. I've learned how to travel on a microbudget, and I'm always grateful when someone opens their home to me.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I have a limited budget to work with, and I like to explore whatever city I might be traveling to, and I love to meet people who live there and learn from their experiences. Couchsurfing seems an ideal way to do this, and I'd like to do it more. I'm excited to see what my couchsurfing adventures might hold! I am looking for more of a connection with a host than I have experienced with Airbnb.

兴趣

I'm passionate about film, books, music, art, and I can easily lose myself in a novel , museum, or a darkened movie theater. I love discovering new (to me) coffee shops, and exploring things off the beaten path. Live music recharges me and I've been fortunate to see some of my favorite acts multiple times. I bring all of these things to my work as a writer; not necessarily inspiration...more a sense of feeling and emotion. Sensation.

• writing
• books
• poetry
• coffee
• art
• food
• film
• exploring
• museums
• vintage
• los angeles
• coffee shops
• new york city

音乐、电影和书籍

Books
Revolutionary Road and The Easter Parade, Richard Yates
Ariel, Sylvia Plath
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Dreamsongs, John Berryman
American Pastoral, Philip Roth
The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James
The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton
The Price of the Ticket, James Baldwin
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
so, so many...

Music
Radiohead
Depeche Mode
New Order
Joy Division
The The
She Wants Revenge
David Bowie
Blur
Charles Mingus
Charlie Parker
The Cure
Bernard Herrmann's film scores

Movies
Blade Runner
Vertigo
The Zatoichi series
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
The Age of Innocence
The Leopard
Shock Corridor
Out of the Past
Chinatown
Phantom of the Paradise
Body Double
The Innocents
The Devils
The Music Lovers
Valley of the Dolls
Bad Timing
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Dracula (Coppola's version)
as with books: so, so many...

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I've published eight books in seven years. I will celebrate being clean for seven years in November, 2019 (I know that's two, but both are related.)

教，学，和分享

I can tell you a lot about poetry (or books in general) ...or movies, if that's your thing.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I'm a good guest. Quiet, unobtrusive, a good listener, respectful of others' spaces, politically progressive, and excited to see what the world of Couchsurfing holds.

我游览过的国家

Canada, England

我居住过的国家

United States