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Real Name

Phillip Hill

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About Me

I was born in Gibraltar, a place of which I have no recollection.
I am half-English and half-Italian, but would like to have at least a dozen other halves.
I live in Italy, in Rome, where I make a living repeating what other people say (some people call this conference interpreting).

I have my own website at www.sidewaysstation.com

I have published a book of poems - The Observation Car -

Location

Rome

Homepage

http://www.sidewaysstation.com

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Currently Reading

The Golden Days (The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Volume 1) by Cao Xueqin

Gomorra. Viaggio nell'impero economico e nel sogno di dominio della camorra by Roberto Saviano

The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs by Karen Page

El asombroso viaje de Pomponio Flato by Eduardo Mendoza

Favorite Authors

Machado de Assis, W. H. Auden, Matsuo Bashō, Jorge Luis Borges, Mikhail Bulgakov, Ian Buruma, Italo Calvino, Jared Diamond, Du Fu, M. I. Finley, Michael Grant, Alma Guillermoprieto, Peter Hessler, Bohumil Hrabal, Issa Kobayashi, Ryszard Kapuściński, Norman Lewis, Li Bai, Antonio Machado, John McPhee, Du Mu, Vladimir Nabokov, Marcel Proust, Raymond Queneau, Simon Schama, Charles M. Schulz, Wislawa Szymborska, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Ko Un, Derek Walcott, Greg Whincup, William Carlos Williams

Member Connections

Friends

50Watts, GypsyRose

Interesting Library

50Watts, adazebrabooks, cwc790411, kjsmulvihill, languagehat, LolaWalser, serendipita