Author: Harrison
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Read “The haunted ground of Belintash” in The Usonian
It’s spooky season, so I wrote about my visit to an ancient Thracian cult site in Bulgaria for The Usonian. Check out the newsletter post here. Happy Halloween!
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Read “On Fallingwater and ‘Tales from the Deep’” in The Usonian
My short story “Falling”—a ghost story inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s construction of Fallingwater—has just been published in Flying Ketchup Press’ fiction anthology “Tales from the Deep,” available from Amazon in paperback and ebook. You can learn more about the historical background to the short story in the latest post of The Usonian newsletter. Read…
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Special thanks to MGSA Toronto 2022
I’m grateful for the opportunity to have presented my paper, “City in Amber: Competing visions for the future of Varosha” at the 2022 Modern Greek Studies Symposium held at York University in Toronto, Canada, in which I discussed the abandoned city of Varosha, a major component of my Fulbright research in Cyprus. I’m grateful for…
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Read “For the love of the game” in The Usonian
It’s October baseball time, so it’s time for a newsletter reflection on my lifelong Dodgers obsession… talking Dodgers, Nats, and of course—the Roman Colosseum. Check out the post here. Thanks for reading.
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Attend the launch party for “Tales from the Deep” feat. my short story “Falling”
My short story, “Falling”—a gothic horror retelling of Frank Lloyd Wright’s construction of the Fallingwater house—will be published this month in the indie short story anthology “Tales from the Deep” from KC’s Flying Ketchup Press. Join our virtual launch party w/ readings from the book on Saturday, October 22 at 2 PM ET / 11…
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Read “Clean energy advocate Graham Turk on Amtrak across America” in The Usonian
This week in The Usonian, a conversation with clean energy advocate Graham Turk on taking Amtrak across America—and back again. Check out the interview here. Thanks for reading!
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With thanks to AISU Torino 2022
It was an incredible experience to present my research on the analysis of C.A. Doxiadis’ architectural and city planning works in an unpublished Koolhaas-supervised text on Lagos at the 2022 Associazone Italiana di Historia Urbana (AISU) International Congress in Turin, Italy, alongside some amazing urban studies scholars from around the world. My essay titled, “‘Close…
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Read “Adventures in language-learning” in The Cyprus Files
This week on the blog—a reflection on my adventures in language-learning. Check out the post here! Thanks for reading.
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Read “The ruins, the ruined, the right time” in The Cyprus Files
This week on the blog, a glimpse at the work of Cypriot artist Kyriaki Costa and her search for the commons. Read the essay here.
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Read “Two weeks with Harry Truman” in The Usonian
After a month-long hiatus, The Usonian newsletter is back with a recap of my visit to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Missouri. Many thanks to the Truman Library Institute for supporting my productive research visit regarding the history of the Marshall Plan in Greece. Check out the post here. As always, thanks for…