Bio
Amy Pepper
I have lived in Park Slope, Brooklyn since 1986. I grew up in New Jersey and attended Oberlin College in Ohio. I spent a semester living in Dublin, Ireland, reading a lot of James Joyce, and drinking a lot of Guinness. When back at Oberlin I helped to found a student literary magazine called Writers’ Bloc.
Quite Awhile Ago
- Typed for a living
- Wrote fiction
- Got tendinitis
Awhile Ago
- Worked at Rockefeller University
- Learned to love the vi editor
- Wrote poetry
More Recently
- Worked at John Wiley and Sons and created an on-line computer training web site there
- Worked at the law firm of Debevoise and Plimpton
- Had a daughter
- Stopped writing much of anything, other than grocery lists
Recently
- Bought my second Park Slope apartment with my husband
- Starting working at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Edited my friend Joyce’s book Aching to Be
In 1994 I became involved with Oberlin Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Alumni (OLGBA), which has since become Oberlin Lambda Alumni (OLA). I became the co-chair of OLA after a short time, and am very proud to have helped lead the largest LGBT alumni organization in the country for 4 years.
My old personal page is here.