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Places We Left Behind
The painful thread running through Lang’s moving memoir Places We Left Behind is the question of sacrifice. What should we give up for the person we love?
Meet Châu Quỳnh Lê from Swing Love
Swing Love: Meet the woman whose love for swing dance inspired her business in handcrafted sustainable leather shoes in Vietnam.
Micro Memoirs in DIAGRAM
Three micro memoirs in DIAGRAM about murder as a protective force, the sound of lines slapping against masts, and childhood shame.
Five Books on Indonesia
I recently spent two months on Bali and read many books on Indonesia. Here are five books on the region I recommend.
Travel Writer Profile
Travel writer Rolf Potts interviewed me about my nomadic life and the challenges of writing while on the road.
From Paris to Nowhere
For 18 years, I lived with my (now) husband in a charming old artist atelier in Paris. But in the winter of 2019, we were expelled.
Sidle Creek
Jolene McIlwain writes about cruelty without glorifying it or using it gratuitously. My full review essay appeared on CRAFT: “Beyond Binary Thinking: Writing Cruelty Without Inflicting Harm.”