Wayne Cresser

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About Me

College Professor-English (Dean College)
Co-creator, editor and writer for shaking like a mountain, an online journal that publishes literature about music (www.shakinglikeamountain.com)
Writer of fiction-published in various online magazines, print mags and journals, and print anthologies

Name

wayne cresser

Hometown

providence

Favorites

Favorite Food

Italian
Thai
after that I
got a let's review list of stuff I can't live without:
Graham Crackers
Macaroni and Cheese
Peanut Butter
Marshmallow Fluff
Baked beans
Ginger Ale
Cheerios
Oatmeal
Matzo Crackers
Pea Soup
Coffee Milk
Hot wieners with everything

Favorite Websites

shaking like a mountain
the culture vulture
crawdaddy
the huffington post
quick fiction
wandering army (now defunct)

Favorite TV Shows

I have only one at a time. Right now it's Madmen, before that Deadwood, before that The Sopranos, before that Freaks and Geeks....

Favorite Records

the basement tapes-bob dylan and the band
sandinista-the clash
the kinks are the village green preservation society-the kinks
john wesley harding-bob dylan
the who sell out-the who
my favorite things-john coltrane
in a silent way-miles davis
another green world-brian eno
kid A-radiohead
revolver-the beatles
the great 28-chuck berry
aftermath-the rolling stones
20 all-time greatest hits-james brown
the nick drake box set
everything by the velvet underground except for white heat/white light

Favorite Movies

Withnail and I
Amadeus
Double Indemnity
A Hard Day's Night
Jules and Jim
Broadway Danny Rose
Local Hero
Manhattan
Red River
Goodfellas
Sullivan's Travels
O' Brother, Where Art Thou
Winchester '73
Crooklyn
Mean Streets
The Third Man
Citizen Kane

Favorite Comics

Really not a huge comic guy:
Art Spiegelman's Maus
Charles Schultz's Peanuts
Johnny Hart's B.C.
Any Don Martin
Ben Katchor
Gary Larson

Favorite Books

I teach literature so it's probably like asking a musician what are his favorite notes, but I'm into a heavy Graham Greene and Nabokov phase right now

Favorite Magazines

The New Yorker
Tin House,
The Writer's Chronicle
Crawdaddy
This Old House

History

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