Larger-than-life expat personalities seem in tune with far-flung surroundings, and able to produce their best work out of foreign atmospheres.
Posts Tagged ‘writing’
Ring my bell
Posted in American culture, culture, friendship, harem, identity, society, women, tagged Art is Dialogue, Asia, California, Catherine Salter Bayar, Catherine Yigit, China, citizen of the world, creative expression, Czech Republic, Dialogue2010, discussion series, dual citizenship, Dutchwoman, Elmira Bayrasli, Europe, expat+HAREM, global citizen, global nomad, Holland, hybrid life, hybrid self, Italy, Jocelyn Eikenburg, Judith van Praag, Karen Armstrong Quartarone, kindred spirit, location independent, mapping, Netherlands, New York, Pacific Northwest, Rose Deniz, Sezin Koehler, Tara Lutman Agacayak, Third Culture Kid, Turkey, United Nations, Washington, writing on March 2, 2010 | 27 Comments »
What comes first, the hybrid self or the hybrid life? Are our most resonant peers made or born?
The expat divide
Posted in American culture, culture, identity, society, women, tagged digital divide, editor, epublishing, expat, expatriate, expatriatism, global niche, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, market, Multimedia Supercorridor, Turkey, writing on September 3, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Expatriatism is often a life apart. So how does a writer abroad get up to speed and compete in her home market?
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