MS in journalism from Boston University
BA in English/Political Science from Simmons College
AS in Medical Assisting from MCC
[some] Favorite films: Grace of My Heart, Waitress, Welcome to Sarajevo, Office Space, The Shawshank Redemption, Sense and Sensibility, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Savages, (500) Days of Summer, All About Eve, The Apartment, Chasing Amy, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Lost in Translation, The Big Lebowski, Shopgirl, Adaptation, RockNRolla, Emma, Sylvia, Une Femme est une Femme, Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2, The Shape of Things, The Whole Wide World, No Such Thing, Possession, Bug, His Girl Friday, Sunset Boulevard, Harvey, Broken English, Best in Show, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby, The Departed, The Fountain, Be Kind Rewind
[some] Favorite authors: Edith Wharton; Willa Cather; Sylvia Plath; Kate Christensen; May Sarton; Muriel Spark; Tom Perrotta; Anne Bronte; Jonathan Lethem; Ian McEwan; Nick Hornby; Jonathan Tropper; Ben Mezrich; Melissa Senate; Atul Gawande; Jennifer Haigh; Jhumpa Lahiri; Geraldine Brooks; Kazuo Ishiguro; Joyce Carol Oates; Matthew Pearl; Ethan Canin; Molly Jong-Fast
[some] Favorite books: Glimpses of the Moon, Old New York and The House of Mirth, Song of a Lark, My Antonia, A Separate Piece, Agnes Grey, The Girls of Slender Means, Driver’s Seat, Journal of a Solitude, The Street Lawyer, The Bell Jar, The Inn at Lake Divine, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Group, Anna Karernina, Alias Grace, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Garden of Last Days, How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life, This is Where I Leave You, Juliet, Naked, The Dissemblers, Super Sad True Love Story
Iain Baker of Jesus Jones and me, 1991
[some] Favorite music: Death Cab for Cutie, Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Keane, Doves, Sia, A Fine Frenzy, St. Vincent, Nirvana, The Clash, The Decemberists, Curve, Lush, Green Day, Au Revoir Simone, Gorillaz, A Band of Horses, Ivy, The Smiths, The Beautiful South, Charlatans, Florence and the Machine, Blur, Kate Nash, Juliana Hatfield, Paula Kelley, Cowboy Junkies, Broken Bells, the XX, Goldfrapp, The National, Nora Jones, Tindersticks, Mistle Thrush, The Shins, Wheat, Stone Roses, Teenage Fanclub
Favorite TV shows: [current]Mad Men; The Good Wife; Californication; Curb Your Enthusiasm; True Blood; Nurse Jackie; Parks and Recreation
[all time]: The Wire; Seinfeld; HOUSE; Homicide; Cold Case
