CURRENT MISSION

Simultaneously keep my dignity and pay my rent.

ABOUT ME

I was born and grew up in Melbourne/Palm Bay, FL, right near Cape Canaveral and the space center.

After two years in Madison, WI and a year in Siena, Italy, finishing a master's in Italian Lit, I've relocated to Brooklyn where I work as an editor and literary translator.

Link to writing:
toddportnowiz.wordpress.com

Link to music:
toddevan.bandcamp.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Was active mostly in Europe, during a year or so living abroad.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hung with some couchsurfers in Berlin and had an amazing time.

Interests

Writing, reading--mostly poetry and nonfiction-- translating, listening to music. I'll go to the movies now and then. Always on the run to museums, parks, restaurants.

• writing
• poetry
• running
• movies
• reading
• music
• languages
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Poetry: Elizabeth Bishop, Amy Clampitt, Wallace Stevens, Walt Whitman Boris Pasternak, Petrarca, Dante, Anthony Hecht, Joseph Brodsky, Eugenio Montale, Leopardi, Percy Shelley

Prose: Anton Chekhov, Primo Levi, Herman Melville, John Cheever, Richard Ford, Boccaccio, Richard Holmes

Music: Joni Mitchell, Eric Dolphy, Art Blakey, Iron and Wine, Andrew Bird, Schubert, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Clash, The Band, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie Hubbard, Franz Lizst.

Film: Groundhog Day

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States