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Born 1978 in Johnstown PA. Gemini. Pursuing a masters in Arts Journalism from the Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University. Based in Louisville KY. College graduate from U of Louisville. Also attended Kenyon College and Jefferson Community College (photography coursework). Busy enjoying life’s opportunities and riding the bus. Evolutionary inventory of interests: Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, construction equipment, dinosaurs, astronomy, baseball, StarWars, soccer, school, honor roll, golf, StarTrek, reading, physics, biology, chemistry, engineering, literature, poetry, summer camp, NCAA basketball, disc golf, bicycling, rollerblading, church youth group, romanticism, TS Eliot, REM, neo-hippies, weed, drinking, concerts, parties, religious studies, pizza, pizza delivery, dropping out, lexington, cats, waiting tables, Niki, Baltimore, brewery, coffeeshops, mass transit, singer songwriters, local restaurants, art, poetry, travel, roadtrips, Europe, shady characters, 99%, Louisville, bookstore, photography, local businesses, college, rap, art history, humanities, experimental fiction, cooking, tomato plants, house, cable, dogs, visual culture, jogging, English soccer (Arsenal), brown ale, games, work travel, books, new balance, stand-up comedy, yerba mate (with white chocolate). Favorite books/authors: Heart of Darkness, Against the Day, The Mezzanine, Slaughterhouse 5, Skinny Legs and All, Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Unbearable Lightness of Being, White Noise, Catch 22, Perdido Street Station, Snow Crash, Winesburg Ohio, Is 5, My Life (Hejinian), Gunslinger (Dorn), Mouth Sweeter Than Salt, Handmaid’s Tale, If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler, Club Dumas, Bridge to Terabithia, A Fire Upon the Deep, Lydia Davis, Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme, John Barth, George Saunders, Umberto Eco, Michael Chabon, Jeff Noon, Frank OHara, Samuel Becket, Franz Kafka, Peter Ackroyd, Simon Winchester, Kurt Vonnegut, Theodore Roethke, Wallace Stevens. Favorite artists: Marcel Duchamp, Cindy Sherman, Mark Rothko, Bo Bartlett, Henri Matisse, Rene Magritte, Man Ray, David LaChapelle, Alphonse Mucha, Antonio Gaudi, Andrew Wyeth, Claes Oldenburg, Martin Puryear, JMW Turner, Julie Mehretu, Bernini, Alexander Calder, Sam Brown, Banksy. Favorite objects: Cameras, Apple computer, money clip, fountain pen, running shoes, grey suitcase, Old Spice, toaster oven, Scrabble, mountain bike, deep blue ink, books, timbuk2 bag, umbrella, lists, portrait i shot of Niki, story “Baltimore.” Games (traditional and electronic both): Settlers of Catan, chess, Scrabble, Boggle, Yatze, parchessi, Battleship, Connect Four, omaha high/low, Uno, FIFA Soccer 08, Lunch Money, Risk, Axis and Allies, Civilization, fictionary. ispradlin@gmail.com mailto:ispradlin@gmail.comshapeimage_2_link_0
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