mamathompsoni

"Never amputate on a drowning man." Bob Dylan

Home Town:

Seattle by birth, Oakland by choice

Places I've Lived:

Seattle, Ithaca, New York, Boston, Portland, Wheeler, Bainbridge Island, Oakland

Colleges I've Attended:

Cornell University

Taught at (adjunct, visiting, or extension): University of Washington, University of Oregon, University of Idaho, Lewis and Clark College, Michigan State University (the Clarion Conference)

Hobbies:

Running, being afoot in the world, Reiki, reading, cooking (& eating), thinking, mind-numbing online games.

 

 

Favorite Movies:

Recent favorites: The Hurt Locker, I Served the King of England, The Visitor, Up

Favorite TV Shows:

The Wire, Rome,  Extras, South Park

Favorite Music:

Afro-cuban, Latin, rock, African rock, R&B, Qwalli and classical Indian, Jazz, classical European--the only thing I really don't like too much is truck driver western.

Favorite Books:

Recent good reads include: Tree of Smoke (Denis Johnson),The Enchantress of Florence ((Salman Rushdie), The Invisible Mountain (Carolina de Robertis), Snow (Orhan Pamuk), Telex from Cuba (Rachel Kushner)