Alison Shaffer
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Narration is unnecessary.
Female
26 years old
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States
Last Login: 1/12/2009
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Alison Shaffer's Interests
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| General | comparative religions, politics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, literature, poetry, creative writing, art, music theory & practice, ecology & conservation, theoretical physics & cosmology, druidry, celtic history & culture, gardening, living well (in the Aristotelian sense)
General DISinterests: Chuck Norris, video games, myopia, American Idol, origami, pencil shreddings, Ray Bradbury's high opinion of himself, clever beer commercials, stamp collecting, unfulfilling promiscuity, credit cards, Orson Scott Card's despair of childhood, creationism, lint, "hanging out with friends" (i.e. floating along mindlessly on the surface of social convention with a bunch of other young people, most likely while inebriated) | | Music | Ani, Vai, Bad Religion, Muse, System of a Down, Tool, AFI, NIN, Rise Against, Anti-Flag, NOFX, Eve 6, The Weakerthans, A Perfect Circle, Green Day, Flogging Molly, Ozma, Tsunami Bomb, The Vandals, Sugarcult, Piebald, Primus, Nerf Herder, Less Than Jake, Alanis Morissette, Vienna Teng, Incubus, Modest Mouse | | Movies | trilogies (e.g. LotR, Matrix, X-Men, Blade, PotC, etc.), the Harry Potter series, Tim Burton movies, Johnny Depp movies, Jim Carrey movies, science-fiction (especially comedy--H2G2, Galaxy Quest, etc.), fantasy (e.g. Princess Bride, Labyrinth, Legend, Hocus Pocus, Practical Magic, Sleepy Hollow), religious-themed (e.g. Dogma, Stigmata, JC Superstar), weird quirky (e.g. Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine, Amelie)--in short, not horror/suspense/action movies, but almost anything else half-way intelligent | | Television | Twin Peaks, X-Files, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Office, Firefly | | Books | by... Palahniuk, J.K. Rowling, Douglas Adams, Salinger, Ursula K. Le Guin,Terry Pratchett, Anne Lamott, Vonnegut, Huxley, Tolkein, Joyce, Poe, Cummings, Jorge Luis Borges, Jane Hirshfield, Jorie Graham, Mark Strand, Mark Doty, Li-Young Lee, Rilke, Neruda, Rumi, Keats, Yeats, Aristotle, Plato, Nietzsche, Gandhi, Chomsky, Zinn, bell hooks, Catherine Bell, Neil Postman, Thomas Merton, Thich Nhat Hanh, Beatrice Bruteau, J & C Matthews, Dion Fortune, John M. Greer, T. Thorn Coyle, Emma Restall Orr--plus any random books falling into the aforementioned "general interest" categories
| | Heroes | Jon Stewart, Steve Vai, Yoda, Special Agent Dale Cooper, Fox Mulder, my father, Raymond, Jen |
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Pittsburgh Writers, The Druid Way, The Restless Pen, {+}Occult Studies{+}
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Alison Shaffer's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Hometown: | Lancaster, PA | | Religion: | Other | | Zodiac Sign: | Gemini | | Children: | Someday | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | Writer/Poet/waitress |
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Alison Shaffer's Schools
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Ursinus College
Collegeville, PA
Graduated: 2005
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Comparative Religion & Philosophy
Minor: Creative Writing
Greek:
Phi Beta Kappa
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Manheim Twp Hs
Lancaster, PA
Graduated: 2001
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Humanities
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Alison Shaffer's Networking
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Publishing - Writer - Poet
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Structured free verse intense in sensory detail, metaphor, metaphysics & music. Subjects range from war, politics, saints & witches to trees, birds, clouds & cats. [N.B. Every poem is on love or death, or both--the bookends of the human condition.]
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Publishing - Writer - Non-fiction
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Creative non-fiction and memoir dealing with issues of contemporary spirituality, politics and culture.
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Alison Shaffer putting on her cloak of swan feathers. Posted at 10:35 PM Jul 24, 2007
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Alison Shaffer's Latest Blog Entry
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muzzled wind
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READING: Wild Pear
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PUBLICATION : The Naming of Prophecy, and Wild Pear (Exterminating Angels Press, November 2007)
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POEM: Gravity & Fire
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Integrity, Nonaction & Living Green
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Alison Shaffer's Blurbs |
About me:
Not much to tell--graduated from college and, having discovered my total disinterest in attending grad school and following the inevitable march towards a career in academia, I have been working as a waitress since, trying to figure out how to be happy and healthy (with myself and with others), and how to balance evolution and contentment. So far.. I think I'm doing okay.
Aortography
(Byte-sized Prose Poems via Twitter)
That scarlet path burned white--devoted animal
etched on glass--teach me to be still
between this coming and going.
a.or.tog.ra.phy (n.) The radiographic visualization of the aorta
and its branches by injection of a radiopaque substance.
A poetry project experimenting with the 140-character limit for post length via Twitter.
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Latest Publications:
Exterminating Angels Press
Number 18: Other Points of View
The Naming of Prophecy and Wild Pear, by Alison Shaffer
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Not Just Air : A Literary eJournal
Number Six: The Response Issue
La Belle Dame en Seul and If Once You Have Slept, by Alison Shaffer
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21 Stars Review
#4 : February 2007
body politic, by Alison Shaffer
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Stirring : A Literary Collection
Volume 8, Edition 10 : October 2006
Hermit Thrush, by Alison Shaffer
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The Rosary Poems
2River Chapbook Series: Number 17
A chapbook by Alison Shaffer
(I created my profile using nuclearcentury.com)
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Who I'd like to meet:
...people who fascinate me, who can hold my interest, who have passion and imagination as well as intelligence.
O, and Chuck Palahniuk. And, it goes without saying, Jon Stewart.
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