Tag: expatriate life

Reclaiming the Right to Write – “One Year To A Writing Life” by Susan Tiberghien

Reclaiming the Right to Write – “One Year To A Writing Life” by Susan Tiberghien

This review of Susan Tiberghien´s book was published in Bookarazzi when it first came out in 2007. Susan is the woman who showed me that I had the right to write. Now that I´m no longer able to participate in her workshops in Genveva, I am happy to have her book which I consult regulary for […]

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The Art of Miscommunication and the Under-Bed Manuscripts

The Art of Miscommunication and the Under-Bed Manuscripts

  Words fail me at times; it comes with the territory of being a serial emigrant. I have grown to accept it. In order to be able to communicate in a different culture and language, you have to be willing to fail and fail again. Portugal comes to mind first of all. I didn’t know […]