About tbetty

Location: New York/New Jersey area

Age:33

Website: http://www.tarabetts.net

Favorite novels: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara, Erasure by Percival Everett, The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz,

Favorite writers: Novelists and otherwise-Nalo Hopkinson, Toni Morrison, Toni Cade Bambara, Willie Perdomo, Patricia Smith, Sandra Cisneros

Favorite music: Right now, my music for any writing is hip hop, jazz and many manifestations of the funk.

Non-noveling interests: poetry, performance, movies, yoga, vegetarianism, knitting, teaching. Hopefully, playing guitar and gardening in a meaningful way at some point.