katy

General

folklore. folk song in particular. maritime folk used to be my primary interest (i was into sea shanties before tiktok existed) but these days i am primarily into the child ballads, hence the username

degrees in english and linguistics, working on a mlis

knitting and crochet

Music

nic jones, archie fisher, alasdair roberts, martin carthy, martin simpson, anaïs mitchell, shirley collins, steeleye span, fairport convention, stan rogers, depeche mode, the cure, tom waits, the magnetic fields, they might be giants, johnny cash, the smiths, cocteau twins, london after midnight, willow

folk songs i can sing from memory (my repertoire):

clyde waters

the grey cock

the fair flower of northumberland

the cruel brother

whiskey in the jar

Movies

the addams family (especially the 90s movies, ESPECIALLY the 1991 movie)

Television

the addams family (60s)

Books

CURRENTLY READING: The City and the City - China Mieville

Wolfish - Erica Berry

The Annotated Hans Christian Anderson

favorite books:

anathem - neal stephenson

deathless - catherynne m valente

radiance - catherynne m valente

the name of the rose - umberto eco

flatland - edwin a abbot

venus in furs - leopold von sacher-masoch

thomas the rhymer - ellen kushner

braiding sweetgrass - robin wall kimmerer

king lear - william shakespeare

the dispossessed - ursula k le guin

always coming home - ursula k le guin

dracula - bram stoker

Heroes