Category: Authors

Hello – just a few words from your prof. “outside the classroom”: like so many of you I love to travel, & travelled quite a lot in different parts of the world. Long time ago I hitchhiked across East and Central Africa, climbed Kilimanjaro, crossed the desert from Nigeria to the Mediterranean coast… I miss the freedom and challenge of such long treks & promise myself that in a near future, I’ll go back “on the road.” In the meantime, I learn more about (& teach) “literature of immigration and exile,” translate poetry, and try to stay on the side of Good.

The photo below is from a hike this summer in the Adirondacks – looking towards the range of mountains where the Hudson River has its source.  The second one is the portrait of someone you already know: my wise dog with her brother, Leo.

 

 

This is a picture of me at my friend’s apartment.  One of his dogs, Grizzly, is keeping me company on the couch.

The picture that I chose to share with you guys is of me and my family in Central Park. I think that it is a good representation of who I am. My family is very close and they are extremely important to me. They have made me the person I am today. This is a fun selfie that really emulates the dynamic that we have when we are all together. Looking at this picture makes me remember all the fun times I have shared with them.

This is a picture of my dog named Levi.  He is a four-year-old morkie (Maltese and Yorkshire terrier mix), and I’ve had him since he was a puppy.  I love him dearly, and he has helped to shape who I am today.  It took me quite a while to get him to stay still and keep his mini sunglasses on long enough for me to take this photo.

 This is a photo of me with my aunt. I had been messing around with her hair, tying it up with a bunch of hairbands and making it look really ridiculous, and this was the result. I chose this picture because I associate it with really warm memories, and I think it’s one of the best visual representations of myself, because I’m genuinely happy in this photo.

This is a picture of me and my costars performing the last song in Dreamgirls last May! Doing these musicals had been a staple of my high school career and they helped shape who I am and who I want to be. Those were some of my best moments. Dreamgirls was the last show I did, and it was one of the most difficult and most rewarding. Music and Theatre will forever be part of who I am.

Hey guys. I decided to post a picture of my native Albania. This picture was taken last August, which is the last time I visited. It is taken from a destroyed castle on top of a hill overlooking the city of Gjirokastër. It depicts the Albanian flag flying above the city’s houses. 

The author, swinging from a light pole somewhere in Boston.

An old picture, but still more or less accurate.

This is a view overlooking the park by my dorm. It is something I see everyday, so I chose to share it as an author’s post.