Username: chicagorilke23
Gender: Female
Member since: September 19, 2008
Birthday: June 5, 1978
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About Me
Helping people, one brain at a time.
Bio
I went to St. Edward's University in Austin, TX and earned a BS in Criminal Justice (1996-2001). Then I earned a Master of Liberal Arts degree in (2001-03), also at St. Edward's. Later, I thought I'd try for a PhD at The University of Texas at Dallas. I was a Teacher's Assistant to Dr. Alex Argyros and I also taught a Rhetoric courses, both positions were for one year. Then, due to family and health concerns, I moved back to Austin but not before earning another MA from UT- Dallas (2004-2008).
Interests
writing poetry, creating art w/soft pastels or other mediums, reading, geocaching, hiking, Frisbee golf, going to concerts, etc.
Schools
- Saint Edward's University - Austin, TX, US (1996 - 2003)
Groups
- The Metamorphosis,
- Othello,
- Sonnets,
- Romeo and Juliet,
- The Color Purple,
- Literature,
- Analogies,
- The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd,
- A Midsummer Night's Dream,
- William Shakespeare,
- The Little Prince,
- Sonnet 94,
- The Chrysanthemums,
- The Interlopers,
- Arts,
- Reference,
- Law,
- The Frogs,
- The Cask of Amontillado,
- History,
- The Odyssey
Favorites
Favorite Books
- A Rose for Emily,
- A Thousand Acres,
- Aeneid,
- All Quiet on the Western Front,
- Candide,
- Crime and Punishment,
- Death in Venice,
- Divine Comedy,
- Endgame,
- Hills Like White Elephants,
- Lord of the Rings,
- Mahabharata,
- Master and Margarita,
- Moby Dick,
- Night,
- Notes From Underground,
- Paradise Lost,
- Siddhartha,
- Slaughterhouse-Five,
- Sonnets,
- Tartuffe,
- The Clown,
- The Epic of Gilgamesh,
- The Fall,
- The Great Gatsby,
- The Misanthrope,
- The Odyssey,
- The Oedipus Trilogy,
- The Overcoat,
- The Prince,
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,
- The Scarlet Letter,
- Trifles,
- Where I'm Calling From
Favorite Other
- Anton Chekhov,
- Aristotle,
- Baudelaire,
- C. S. Lewis,
- Civilization and Its Discontents,
- Eugene Onegin,
- Hermann Hesse,
- Joseph Campbell,
- Plato,
- Rainer Maria Rilke,
- T. S. Eliot,
- The Chronicles of Narnia,
- The Phenomenon of Man,
- The Poetry of William Carlos Williams,
- The Sorrows of Young Werther,
- Tonio Kröger,
- Tristan,
- William Shakespeare: The Dramatist
Favorite Quotes
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