About

Interests



family

Professional

  • Western North American literary and cultural studies
  • Visual culture
  • Art/photography
  • American Indian literature
  • Women writers and feminist criticism
  • Environmental writing
  • Autobiographical literary criticism


family

Personal

  • Being outdoors and observing wildlife
  • Reading outside
  • Cross country skiing, hiking, and wandering
  • Gardening
  • Pets
    • Cats
    • Chickens
    • My daughter’s wiener dog
  • Western road trips
  • Rivers, lakes, and Blue Hill Bay in Maine
  • Playing games with my family, especially bridge
  • Building things
    • Decks
    • Chicken coops
    • Rock walls
    • Paneled rooms
    • tile floors
  • Quilting and making things
  • Yoga
  • Weight lifting
  • Working out
  • Going to museums and exploring rural places
  • TV: Deadwood, The Wire, The Shield, Justified, and many more, beginning with Barbara Stanwyck in The Big Valley in the 1960s.