kplhardison
kplhardison
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October 13, 2009
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English / Literature / Writing
Jane Austen and Spenser, Chaucer, Goethe, poetics, film, CERN, dark matter and dark energy, quantum theory and Maine Coons.
Biography
I have a B.A. in English Literature that I specialized with work in Poetics, Spenser, Chaucer, Goethe, and the "quest for the Russian soul" in Russian and Soviet literature, as well as Ecology and Film Studies. I'm studying English Linguistics with a specialty in Grammar and Narratology.
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