The newsletter is back for 2022! Check out a recap of my near-Pope experience in Cyprus last month, including a brief primer on the shared history between the Catholic and Orthodox churches. As always, thanks for reading!
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As the pandemic resurges to the top of the news, learn about how the situation is being handled in Cyprus, in the latest post in my newsletter series, The Cyprus Files.
Stay safe out there. Thanks for reading.
This week’s entry in “The Cyprus Files” explores a different angle: the Kafkaesque bureaucratic measures required to temporarily live in Cyprus; i.e., what I’ve been up to largely over the last few months.
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Check out the second installment of “The Cyprus Files,” my series of posts reflecting on Cyprus and my Fulbright year on the island.
This week’s post narrates a dramatic tale of the Crusades and how it illuminates the eclectic influences on the Cypriot built environment.
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In this week’s Usonian newsletter, I interview Shannon K. Winston about her new poetry anthology, “The Girl Who Talked to Paintings,” published by Glass Lyre Press. Winston’s collection focuses on ekphrasis, the poetry which finds inspiration from and reacts to other artworks.
Check it out here and thanks for reading!
This week’s Usonian newsletter features an interview with sportswriter Brendan Donley, creator of the “Astros Shame Tour” on Twitter, the author of An October to Remember: 1968, and the founder of The Baseball Newsletter. Check it out for a compelling take on why baseball makes for great narratives.
Read the article here.
Check out my second interview in The Usonian, with poet Robin Rosen Chang about her debut poetry collection The Curator’s Notes, recently released by Terrapin Books. Read the article here.
I’ll also be giving away one copy of the book in the first-ever “Usonian Raffle”—click on the form within the article to enter to win by Wednesday, April 21, 11:59 PM PT!
Thanks for reading!
I’m starting a new (free) Substack newsletter, “The Usonian” about storytelling and design, arriving in early 2021. The Usonian will be a one-stop shop for updates about my writing as well as feature my insights into urban design and storytelling.
Read my launch post and subscribe here. Thank you for reading!
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