This week in The Cyprus Files, a look at the two diverging backstories behind a fascinating Eastern Orthodox saint. Check out the piece here.
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This week in The Cyprus Files, a look at the two diverging backstories behind a fascinating Eastern Orthodox saint. Check out the piece here.
Thanks for reading!
I was flattered to read this write-up in the Cyprus Mail about my upcoming creative writing workshop at the Home for Cooperation in the Buffer Zone of Nicosia.
It’s not every day your upcoming writing workshop gets a boost from the oldest English daily newspaper in Cyprus!
Read the article here.
In this week’s edition of The Cyprus Files, read about my joint publication with janan alexandra and Caroline Sager in “Delivering Views #29: Trio”, featuring my short story, “Silent G”, plus a recap of our launch event last week at Phaneromenis70 in Nicosia.
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Even in a time of transitions, we can still strive for deeper literary and artistic connection with our surroundings.
Janan Alexandra, Caroline Sager, and I—the three of us Fulbright fellows in Cyprus—are proud to present “Trio,” a chapbook featuring Janan’s poetry, Caroline’s photographs, and my short story “Silent G” (the last in English and in Greek translation) as part of the 29th volume in the “Delivering Views” series brought to you by Phaneromenis70, a cultural center in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Delivering Views is a series that publishes the thoughts and creative work of people who come from outside Cyprus and consider the island’s unique situation.
If you are able, join us at 6 pm on the 4th of May at Phaneromenis70 in the old city of Nicosia for our launch event. After the event, the publication will be available for sale online and in person at the cultural center. The book and its associated postcards—crafted from Caroline Sager’s singular 35 mm film photographs—will be on display at the center until the 18th of May.
More details can be found here, on the Facebook event.
We are so grateful for this collaboration with Phaneromenis70 and the opportunity to share our work with the city we have called home for the past eight months. We’d love to see you there!
This week in The Cyprus Files—learn about three castles on Cyprus from three different eras: Byzantine, Crusader, and Renaissance.
Each castle has an intriguing cultural or historical connection—whether it be to Assassin’s Creed, the Knights Templar, or Othello!
Check out the post here. As always, thanks for reading!
This week in The Cyprus Files: a look at the Akamas area and Polis Chrysochous, the “city flowing with gold.” Polis is an historic area of great beauty—and where I ran my first 5k since the pandemic began.
You can read the piece here.
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In the mid-2000s, Cyprus had its worst drought in 900 years. As global temperatures rise, the island will face a climate crisis of great magnitude.
Learn more about the climate crisis in Cyprus in this week’s edition of The Cyprus Files, featuring former Fulbright fellow Nikolas Michael on the climate group “Avli” and their vital work on the island.
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Due to popular demand, I have decided to teach a second writing workshop at the Home for Cooperation in Nicosia, Cyprus, this time on “Crafting the Opening Scene” in fiction. The workshop will be held on 21 May 2022.
Learn more and register at this link.
Looking forward to seeing some Cyprus-based friends there and hope to make some new ones!
Last week, it was an honor and a joy to co-teach a writing workshop with my Fulbright colleague Janan Alexandra at the Home for Cooperation in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Our workshop, “A True and Beautiful Story: Crafting the Lyric Biography” was organized around the concept of “lyric biography.” This genre allows for an exploration of a person’s life deeper than a conventional recounting of journalistic facts. How can we drive at a deeper truth and understanding through interviews that strike at a poetic understanding of a person’s essence?
Learn more about our initiative in the latest issue of my newsletter, The Cyprus Files. As always, thanks for reading!
How has the Russian invasion of Ukraine affected life in Cyprus? Given Russia’s long history of investment in Cyprus, the impact is substantial.
From The Cyprus Files, the sub-blog of my newsletter, here is a quick primer on the Russian-Cypriot relationship.