maggalina

I'm a 23-year-old English teacher with a penchant for letter-writing, tea-drinking, and play-making. I've recently moved to Massachusetts, and am thrilled to be supporting my pie-baking habit with fresh New England apples and my ice-cream-eating habit with delicious New England ice cream!

I collect postcards, create papercrafts, and write fiction, all whilst attempting to help high schoolers learn to read and write with precision and panache.

My creations tend to be inspired by a mish-mash of the pseudo Victorian, folk, and charmingly domestic with generally retro overtones. I am inspired by Virginia Woolf, Florence Welch, Smitten Kitchen, Willa Cather, and the USPS.

Of course, if you don't receive a swap in a timely manner, contact me! I am happy to resend if necessary.

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I love to read! Literary fiction, children's and young adult books, historical romance, and women's writing are all favorites.

Most Recently Read: We Others, by Steven Millhauser

Sorcery & Cecelia, by Caroline Stevermer and Patricia C. Wrede; The Parasol Protectorate, by Gail Carriger; The Song of the Lioness, by Tamora Pierce

Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crocket Johnson; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Judy and Ron Barrett; An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green

Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters; Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen; A Lost Lady, by Willa Cather; To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf; Martin Dressler, by Steven Millhauser

Florence + The Machine, The Decemberists, Regina Spektor, Death Cab for Cutie, Coldplay, Brandi Carlile, Owl City

Postcards with old-fashioned scenes, food, lovely landscapes, or anything strange & bizarre; Earl Grey (and many, many other) teas; anything English; library- and book-related art and memorabilia; ATCs; feminism; recipes; old photographs; memorable stories; stationery; anything miniature!