amarang9
amarang9
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October 17, 2009
Teacher
Graduate School
English / Literature / Writing
Clarion University of Pennsylvania - Clarion, PA, US (1995 - 2001)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus - Indiana, PA, US (2002 - 2009)
Literary Theory, Philosophy of Science, History of Philosophy, Music, Guitar, Basketball, Movies, M-Theory, Sara Silverman, Rubik's Cube, Where the Wild Things Are, to name a few.
Biography
I am a book reviewer, editor and teacher. I am working on my dissertation in Literature and Criticism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The dissertation is on procrastination, so I haven't started it yet.
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