Educated at the best schools, including Harvard; exceptionally well-read and, ahem intelligent; working with one of the world's great literary scholars in the Boston area -- but given the state of the economy and academic finances, funding for my final year has fallen through. I am -- it sounds like a cliche but it's from a terrific poem -- I think "funny, intelligent, kindness itself." 5'8, slim, toned. Cute. Usually have a two-day scruff. And: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore, as Tosca said -- live for art, live for love. (PS -- my annual research fellow stipend was 18,000 before this; will be zero next year!) I'm looking for good conversation with a man my age or older, someone who can support me with my final (I fervently hope!) educational year, as I look for jobs post-PhD. Well, someone with whom there's, ideally, a "connection" of some kind. And values books and the life of the mind. As for the sex... we'll figure that thout!