Cred CAS/MA Literature; BA, University of New Hampshire

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Livelihood Speechwriter to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

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Interests Music, politics, museums, galleries, college football and basketball, especially University of Michigan

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Last Book You Read A Geography of Secrets by Frederick Reuss

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What Keeps You Up at Night? Serial commas. Parental guilt.

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Hobbies Bike, motorcycle, billiards, skiing, yoga

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Why Are You a Wonk? I’m a fox not a hedgehog. Which means that, instead of knowing a lot about one thing, I know a little about a lot of what goes on at the Smithsonian: art, science, history, culture; it’s all there and I learn something new all the time from brilliant experts passionate about what they do. See for yourself, start at www.si.edu and explore from there.