Material Lives

My blogs

Occupation	Writer, graduate student, and object-lover
Location	Madison, WI, United States
Introduction	i like thinking about material culture, working with students, eating, writing, dressing, doing, and being a champion of winter.
Interests	material culture, material culture studies, objects, things, writing, blogs, literacy, hand-made cards, roller coasters, themed parties, themes, frozen lakes, vernacular architecture, music, dancing, jarred things, children's literature, tubing, the Wisconsin River, food, eating, my dog, how Blogger's comma-free formatting makes it look like i just said i like "eating my dog, " and spending time with friends
Favorite Movies	Annie Hall, Gosford Park, Rachel Getting Married, Caddyshack, Heathers, Clueless, Breakfast Club, The 400 Blows, Science of Sleep, Eternal Sunshine, and I'm interested in, though not necessarily fond of, Lost in Translation
Favorite Music	visit me on noisenarcs.com to find out.
Favorite Books	ones i can listen to. i veer mostly between fantasy/sci-fi/adolescent fiction/victorian lit/japanes lit. some favorites: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, the His Dark Materials trilogy, Little House on the Prairie, anything by Murakami, Edith Wharton, & George Eliot. currently listening to Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.