User:Robert Verdon

Robert Verdon
My name is Robert Verdon — also known as Auntie Rhoberta and Rhobi — and I am a writer (fiction, poetry et al). I live in Canberra. (See my home page at http://www.alphalink.com.au/~agp if you like, though that's very out of date now.) I am more or less a Marxist. I have an Honours degree in English from Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria; (my BA comprised a double major in English and the History of Ideas). I am currently halfway through an M.A. in Applied Linguistics at the University of New England at Armidale, N.S.W., and hope to do a PhD in narratology at some stage which can link linguistics to literature. I have also studied librarianship at University of Canberra, but left after five successfully-completed units due to extreme boredom. All three establishments are in a minor outlying island of America called Australia.

Dreary personal details: I am transgendered, a vegetarian (I eat vegans), and have a warped sense of humour. (My spelling predates Noah Webster's.) I don't smoke, drink, gamble, or own a car. I do walk, ride a tricycle or bicycle, and often go by bus. I abhor postmodernism, though I find Derrida interesting at times. I am 53 years old.