About the Author

My name's Alex Joseph and I'm a young New Englander. I love writing and reading to the utmost degree. My favorite novelists are D.H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Thomas Pynchon. Poets Sylvia Plath, Ezra Pound, and Emily Dickinson are also among my most-read authors. My reading list has expanded to over four-hundred books and I'm constantly seeking out new authors and titles.

As this website will show, I have a strong love of the visual arts and music. My taste in music spans a wide gamut which is better explained in my mixtapes and playlists than in words. I'll listen to anything at least once. As for visual arts, a sampling of my many likes includes Dorothea Tanning, Cindy Sherman, and Henri Matisse. I take great interest in the work of Dadaists, Surrealists, and folk artists. I also consider comic books an influence on my visual style. I adore the work of Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and Jack Kirby on the Silver Age Marvel comic books. I admire and utilize pastiche, bricolage, and collage.

I maintain my odd-duck persona through a mixture of fashions and behaviours. I try to upkeep a "woodland sprite" style. I combine somewhat popular brands with headbands, hats, and old clothing. I own plenty of shoes and hats. I pride myself on my public speaking and performing skills (even if they are overdramatic). I'm a jovial poor person who has a midsized but excellent group of friends. I'm social but not always an extrovert. Politically I hold a centrist position with splashes of both liberal and conservative positions. Other big interests of mine include postmodernism, feminism, cultural cliques, being obnoxious and critical, low culture, high culture, social norms and notebook doodles. I prize my uniqueness but not to the point where I write about it online.

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--Alex Joseph
Nov. 2008