Stephanie Kartalopoulos

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Gender Female
Industry Education
Occupation writer, teacher, (always a) student...
Location Manhattan, KS, United States
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Introduction Poet. Teacher. Architecture theory enthusiast. Half marathoner (and marathoner!). Yogi wanna-be. Renegade busy-girl. Dreamer. Seeker. Believer (sometimes). Cynic (sometimes). Smiling whirly-gig.
Interests Alphabetizing my books, poetry, going to class, writing, sleeping, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, throwing dinner parties, traveling, wine tasting, running, yoga, making mix CDs, architecture, personal style, paleo eating.
Favorite Movies La Double Vie de Veronique is the absolute favorite. Other movies that I love: Amelie, The Amateurs, Margot at the Wedding, Flannel Pajamas, Friends With Money, Broken English, Party Girl, Mad Hot Ballroom, Murder Ball, Amelie, Cinema Paradiso, Sueno, Strictly Ballroom, The Cheese Nun, Fire, Earth, Water, Shopgirl.
Favorite Music Susana Baca, Arleta, The Smiths, Lucinda Williams, Patty Griffin, New Order, Stars, The Decemberists, Ryan Adams, Natalie Merchant, Gillian Welch, Paolo Conte, Royksopp, Lyle Lovett, The National, The Police, INXS, U2, REM, Okkervil River, Silversun Pickups, Radiohead, Cat Power, Feist, Iron & Wine, Bon Iver, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Brad Mehldau, Tord Gustavson, Chopin, Mumford & Sons, Noah & the Whale, Florence + the Machine, Sun Kil Moon, Rosie Thomas, Andrew Bird, Beirut, Philip Glass, Explosions in the Sky.
Favorite Books Women of the Pleasure Quarters, The Hours, A Nostalgist's Map of America, The Artist's Daughter, Celestial Bodies, Extranjera, The Passion, Written on the Body, Good Morning Midnight, 36 Views of Mt. Fuji, Middlesex, The Feast of Love, Love & Scorn, An Invisible Sign of My Own, Little Savage, Epileptic, Maus, Persepolis, Hey Wait, The End of Beauty, Never, Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts, Trouble in Mind, The Poetics of Space.

You're going to the moon! What did you forget to pack?

Most likely my toothbrush, my hairbrush, clean socks, or an extra roll of toilet paper.