I'm an fiction writer, student, editor, and teacher. I love to read fiction. I love to dance salsa, cumbia, bachata, and hear live music. I ride my bike everywhere I can. I'm in New Orleans for graduate school. Before this city, I lived in New York; Chicago; St. Louis; San Francisco; Florence, Italy; Iowa City; and Montevideo, Uruguay.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love walking and biking cities. I feel it's the best way to get to know them. I'm interested in getting to know foreign cities with locals and showing what my city has to offer to travelers.

Interests

Reading, writing, translating, dancing, biking, running.

• writing
• books
• dancing
• bachata
• cumbia
• running
• walking
• reading
• music
• live music
• cycling
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Books: El libro de los abrazos, Eduardo Galeano; Play It As It Lays, Joan Didion; What we Talk About When We Talk about Love, Raymond Carver; Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino; Rayuela, Cortázar; Pedro Páramo, Juan Rulfo; Lolita, Nabokov

Music: Bomba Estéreo, Franny Glass, Onda Vaga, El Gran Combo, The Roots of Chicha, Orishas, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Baden Powell, Caetano Veloso, Patti Smith, Joanna Newsom, Bon Iver, Chet Baker, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Hank Williams, Jolie Holland, The Modern Lovers, The Magnetic Fields, Serge Gainsbourg, Selda, Nico, Nina Simone, Héctor Lavoe, Oscar D' León.

Films: Annie Hall, Amélie, Y Tu Mamá También, Whiskey, El Secreto de sus Ojos, Breathless, The Lives of Others, The Royal Tenebaums

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I wrote a novel (www.sarahbruni.com) and translate short fiction/essays (www.buenosairesreview.org).

Teach, Learn, Share

I am happy to share meals, walks, languages, dances, books.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A comfy couch or an air mattress in New Orleans in a large apartment. I live off of the street car line to get Uptown or Downtown. I'll be in Colombia all summer, but happy to host again in the fall.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Slovenia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States, Uruguay