The Accidental Anthologist: creating a literary harem

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Turkey makes the news for suppressing its authors. As an American woman in Istanbul I found my voice — by creating a literary harem of my expat peers.

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Links of interest: wanderlistas and meanderthals in nomadtopia

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Looking at the latest labels for who we are, what we do and how we live.

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Presented in Istanbul: tiptoeing through the taboos

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Meeting my future Turkish in-laws, behavior speaks louder than words and appearing eager to belly dance is dangerous for a daughter-in-law with a Russian name.

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Expat Harem editors on Turkish Hour TV, New York

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Talking about the creation of the Expat Harem anthology and meeting readers during our marathon 49-day 10-state American book tour.

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What you leave behind to live more fully: attachment, impatience, expectations

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I had to leave behind a feeling of security, of what I should have, the house and the husband and the car and the 2.5 kids.

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Winged etiquette: do manners travel?

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“Manners are your passport to the world” say the etiquette queens. Yet, are manners culture blind?

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3 characteristics to lead a hybrid lifestyle: courage, creativity, buoyancy

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We share a cosmopolitan urge, and the ability to be adventurous, courageous and empathetic. Yet, are we hybrids of choice or circumstance?

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Hybrid life reads: favorite expat-emigree-travel lit picks

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Global citizens, find your context in the literature of identity adventurers and cultural explorers…with our expat-emigree-travel lit picks. Modern. Historical.

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Defining the hybrid lifestyle: living in stereo, and high definition

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I can see many more ways to do things, many more solutions to problems, many different words for the same object or the same idea.

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Links of interest: genotype detectives, cultural creatives and expats in Hollywood

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An expat story heads to Hollywood. Cultural creatives worldwide tie their stories together in a new film. Travel back in time/around the globe, with films of bygone eras.

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