Hiking, rock climbing, traveling, reading, writing, cheering for the Carolina Hurricanes, and drinking coffee and hanging out with Jane and Beth in non-chain coffee shops!
Music
White Flag by Dido,
Fast Car by Tracy Chapman,
Mr. Jones by the Counting Crows,
Free Fallin' by Tom Petty and Heartbreakers,
Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls,
The Heart of the Matter by Don Henley,
Daniel by Elton John,
Kick by INXS,
Pink Houses by John Mellencamp,
Stunt by Bare Naked Ladies,
But Seriously by Phil Collins,
Actung Baby by U2,
Because the Night by Ten Thousand Maniacs
Movies
All About Eve (1950)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Vertigo (1958)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Aliens (1986)
Forrest Gump (1994)
American Beauty (1999)
Sideways (2004)
Shrek 2 (2004)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Schindler's List (1993)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Terminator 2 (1991)
Predator (1987)
Munich (2005)
Television
Lost, NYPD Blue (RIP 3/1/05), House, and Rome
Books
Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler;
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald;
The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka;
The Red Tent, Anita Diamant;
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold;
A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines;
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Mark Haddon;
Beloved, Toni Morrison;
Isaac's Storm, Erik Larson;
The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger;
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston;
Dracula, Bram Stoker;
A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway;
Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert;
Animal Farm, George Orwell;
Life of Pi, Yann Martel.
Heroes
Zora Neale Hurston, Christa McAuliffe, Bono, Tom Burnett, Mark Bingham, Jeremy Glick, Todd Beamer, Isabel Austissier (Around Alone sailor), Rod Serling, Captain William Bligh, Admiral Horatio Nelson, Sergeant James W. Robinson, Jr., Captain Philip R. Osborn USN, Princess Diana, Wonder Woman, Madame Curie, Cam Ward (goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes) and Princess Leia.
About me: I'm a poet and also a fiction and nonfiction writer. I conduct writing workshops for emerging and intermediate writers. I believe stories must be told in order for us to experience life fully.
Check out my book of poetry, Right Lane Ends (details on my blog) and find out more about me and my writing workshops and author appearances at www.aliceosborn.com.
Who I'd like to meet: I like to meet committed writers.
Hi Alice - great to hear from you! Please give my best to your family and friends in the Raleigh area. You are a great asset to writers everywhere! I have a blog this morning for a group of writers that might interest you. Go here: http://writingplayground.blogspot.com/
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