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About Me

professionally... i am a publicist and i also write.... i have a cat named lucian and a little girl tortoise cat named honey... i talk about my cats a lot. i don't feel completely comfortable writing all about myself on here... hmm... this is going to take some mulling over.

My Interests

music, books, art, cats

Music:

Television:

i'm a latecomer to sex and the city... mainly because i don't have premium cable channels or whatever they're called... it's definitely a guilty pleasure... i'd say it's a nice place to visit... but i wouldn't want to live there. also will and grace and frasier.... i usually work pretty late so i watch a lot of reruns...

Books:

i recently read Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. it made me smile on the subway. right now i'm reading a few books... or at least, i've started a few. i'm reading Nobody's Fool, a biography of Danny Kaye that my dad wrote and also a book called Winner of the National Book Award, but i've been kind of neglecting those. i've been spending more time with Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk ... i really didn't think i'd like it as much as i do... but i'm getting pretty wrapped up in it. has anyone heard of a book by nancy spungeon (sp?)'s family called And I Don't Want to Live This Life Anyway? I have to look that up. Why do people associate being punk with not wanting to live?i wrote two books... Last Night I Dreamed a Circus and Good Dog.i also have an essay titled "Untitled" in this book, Half / Life: Jew-ish Tales From Interfaith Homes, Edited by Laurel Snyder, which was released in April 2006 by Soft Skull Press: and a poem from Good Dog is in this book which was also released in Spring 2006 by Welcome:
There's also an edited line from a poem from Good Dog in the book Animal House to be published in September 2007 by Welcome:

Heroes:

My Blog

potential

i have potential plans with one of my ex-boyfriends. what's that all about?
Posted by Maya on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:24:00 PST

it's late

bleh. i keep deleting stuff. i have another blog here btw: www.last.fm/user/mayabidaya - m
Posted by Maya on Tue, 22 May 2007 09:32:00 PST

a little sick

so... yes, writing that previous blog... felt good... i started a new job this week. i love it. i'm trying to think of what else to write about. i'm having a nice day despite the fact that i'm kind o...
Posted by Maya on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:09:00 PST

Half / Life reading at Makor THURSDAY

There will be a reading from the anthology "Half / Life" with editor Laurel Snyder, Jeff Sharlet, Katharine Weber and myself on Thu., 6/22 at 7PM at Makor (part of the 92nd Street Y org) in New York ...
Posted by Maya on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:40:00 PST

slowly but surely

i'm almost done getting all the art for this page back up on my website
Posted by Maya on Thu, 25 May 2006 09:16:00 PST

PLEASE EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF ART WHILE I CHANGE HOSTS

there won't be any art on my page for at least a few days while i change hosts for my website.... - m
Posted by Maya on Sun, 21 May 2006 10:06:00 PST

PEN Faith & Reason: Writers Speak

if you're interested you can listen to PEN Faith & Reason: Writers Speak online, that I mentioned before, here: http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1304Features: Salman Rushdie, Chinua Achebe, Marti...
Posted by Maya on Tue, 02 May 2006 04:06:00 PST

new stuff

definitely some new stuff brewing in my head....
Posted by Maya on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 08:08:00 PST

transit strike

got wheels?
Posted by Maya on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 03:27:00 PST

i have a blog

i was having this thinking/hearing dream the other night. i was thinking/hearing things but i don't remember seeing stuff. and someone said to me "what, you don't think your relatives' spirits can tel...
Posted by Maya on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:04:00 PST