This week in The Cyprus Files—if not the final post, a post of finality.
This piece is a reflection on an extraordinary year abroad, and my gratitude to all the people who helped me get there, and helped me once I arrived.
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Thanks to all who read about my travels in Cyprus this year!
I’m pleased to publish this timely review essay in the Los Angeles Review of Books on three books about privacy, paranoia, and genre.
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This week in The Cyprus Files, I’m in search of the elusive mouflon, Cyprus’ extremely shy mountain goat.
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This week in a crossover post in The Usonian and The Cyprus Files, an interview with the accomplished Cypriot poet Stephanos Stephanides on his book-length work of poetry and memory fiction, The Wind Under My Lips—a book the engages deeply with the author’s Cypriot identity and the recent history of Cyprus.
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This week in The Cyprus Files, a recap of my lecture on the image of Limassol at the CVAR, and my recent talk on storytelling at The Cyprus Institute.
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This week in The Cyprus Files: a journey to the mysterious tip of the Karpas / Karpassia peninsula, the most remote corner of Cyprus.
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This week in The Cyprus Files, a look at one of the more interesting Ottoman-era institutions in Nicosia—the house of the dragoman, the imperial translator.
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Only a few issues to go vis-a-vis Cyprus! Thanks for reading.
This week in The Cyprus Files, step back into antiquity and learn about the spectacular Roman floor mosaics found in Paphos, and the amazing legacy of ancient art.
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It was a joy to teach one more writing workshop at the Home for Cooperation in Nicosia last Saturday. Learn more about the session—spotlighted in the Cyprus Mail—and the mission of the H4C in the latest edition of my newsletter.
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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.
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Harrison Blackman 