people! people. just, people. then characters. literature. visual art. movies. music. i've finished a draft of my novel and am revising it, and working on short stories, a play, and poetry. authors i've studied with: rachel resnick, janet fitch, gina b. nahai, david scott milton, donald freed, tc boyle, david st. john, carol muske duskes.
boys who wear nail polish!
tori amos. i'm not in the closet about that. polly jean harvey, bjork, HOOVER, the knife, cat power, martha wainwright, her bro, pulp, mazzy star, MIA, lady sovereign, gorillaz, Pulp (I looooove common people!!!) TV on the Radio, The ARCADE FIRE, misty dixon, depeche mode, SPARKLEHORSE!, the eels, the white stripes, that's right i LOVE tool and APC, pink floyd, led zeplin, radiohead, new order, mason jennings, that's right i LOVE dave matthews, morcheeba, nick drake, jeff buckley, breeders, dead can dance, alice in chains, beck, petshop boys, the STREETS (but I don't know WHAT the fuck that boy's new album is doing), Axiom Funck, Blackilicious, LADYTRON, cocteau twins, broadcast, johnny cash, neil young, the Who, portishead, black eyed peas, PATTI SMITH!, ani defranko, that's right I LOVE u2 (at least their old shit, sorry Lisa Merighi!) esp. The unforgettable fire and war and joshua tree..., massive attack, Moby, blondie, Spoon (thanks kay kay), Remy Zero, Zero 7, hee hee, Yann Martel (thanks grimm), outkast, BLUR, lamb, smashing pumpkins (RIP)
heavenly creatures is my favorite film.
my horse and other stories: stacey levine.'night mother: marsha norman. a doll's house: ibsen.early grrrrl: marge piercy. time's arrow: martin amis. lust: elfriede jelinik. haunted: chuk palahniuk. the stranger: albert camus. the fairytales of hans christian andersen, specifically, the red shoes and the snow queen. alice's adventures in wonderland and through the looking glass: lewis carroll. a room of one's own, jacob's room, mrs. dalloway, the yellow dress, the woman in the looking glass: a reflection: virgina woolf. lucy: jimaica kincaid. the overcoat, the nose: nikolai gogol. lolita: vladimir nabokov. city of glass: paul auster. the beauty myth: naomi woolf. last but not least...ariel and the bell jar: sylvia plath.
The Dutchess of Wonderland