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I am a full-time Ph. D. candidate in the English program at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus. My field of study is 18th and 19th century British Literature. I'm a singer and guitarist, horror/sci-fi enthusiast, and pop culture obsessive.
Favourite Visual Artist
Francisco Goya
Favourite Movies
Re-Animator, The Hills Have Eyes, Hellraiser, Nightbreed, The Dark Knight, Bride of Frankenstein
Favourite TV Shows
Breaking Bad, Homeland, The League
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Husker Du, The Replacements, Baroness, Mastodon,
Favourite Books
Imajica, Abarat, Tales of Hoffman, Street of Crocodiles, Blood Meridian, Light in August
Favourite Writers
Clive Barker, Cormac McCarthy, William Faulkner, H.P. Lovecraft, William Blake
Favourite Games
Bioshock, Brutal Legend
Favourite Gaming Platform
XBox 360
Tools of the Trade
pen and paper
Other Interests
music, guitar, film
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Your prose reads like poetry my friend. It's got that "Je ne sais quoi", that magical quality; Suffice to say I'm very in love with your word choice.
Thanks I really appreciate it! I hope my love of the Romantic poets is evident in my prose.
Though I am a poet, I rarely have studied the poetry of my predecessors so I can't confidently speak to that. But I can say, you certainly have an ingenuity of expression in your writing that rivals those whom I have studied.
It is magical, and it inspires my mind to fantasy.
It is magical, and it inspires my mind to fantasy.
Wait, you work in Minnesota?! 
I'm SO taking a class at the University of Minnesota just so I can learn more from you! Would that be all right??
I'm SO taking a class at the University of Minnesota just so I can learn more from you! Would that be all right??I'll be teaching classes beginning next year, likely intro to lit / intro to composition - and I'm looking forward to both and engaging with any/all students. If you do end up at the Twin Cities campus, and your aim is intense creative writing instruction beyond my limited instruction capabilities, my colleagues in the MFA program, or PhDs with creative writing backgrounds, are simply brilliant and excellent instructors. So, in short, absolutely!
That would be so awesome! It's been a dream of mine to pursue writing since I began writing in 8th grade, but I still can't decide on where I want that passion to take me.. I've wanted to become an English teacher, possibly at a high school since I looked up to so many different teachers while I was there, but working for the Ph. D. that you have and be able to learn even more about writing and English would be absolutely amazing! Another thing I've really wanted to do is become a published author, but the more I think about it and the more books I see that come out and are absolutely amazing, I just don't know if I'm ready for something that extreme quite yet, even though I'm throwing out all of my ideas onto paper and trying to make the most of what I have. Learning from someone like you or your colleagues would be just amazing, and I live right in North Saint Paul, MN, so it wouldn't even be that difficult for me to go to one of your classes! That is, if the school accepts me and my ACT scores because I'm taking that on Saturday since my dad won't help me pay for college until I get a job and the economy has basically fallen through the floor, but I'll definitely strive to at least see you once at the U of M!
english Ph.D?! no wonder you won! congrats again!