Michael Levi Harris is an actor and writer who loves languages. Having grown up in a suburb of New York City just before the takeover of the world by the internet and smart devices, he can still read a map, write in cursive, and be alone with his thoughts for at least a few minutes – yet he can indeed also text with his thumbs, which he does, and take selfies, which he avoids, and use social media, which he avoids even more. His detailed knowledge of geography and solid competency in history make him an excellent member of any pub quiz team. He prefers anything made from scratch over anything not made from scratch, and if he could create an alternate universe, it would be one in which every person who might want to could live on a fruit-and-vegetable farm in an exciting, bustling, automobile-less, multicultural metropolis.