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Flash Poem to Self: “Be confident, not sad sap, sipping quietly in corner bar:” On Writing, Cultivation, and Balancing Art/Mind.
Art, Author, Authors, Blogging, Culture, Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, In Another Country: Novel, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, networking, nonfiction, novels, Poem, poet, Poetry, publishing, Review, rough draft, spiritual, spontaneous combustion, success, The Outsider, the writers life, writingartist, author, Book Blog, book blogger, bookblog, confidence, Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, lifestyle, literary, literary agent, literature, meditation, memoir, mental health, mindfulness, muse, Novel, novelist, Poem, poet, Poetry, publishing, rough draft, self love, stream-of-consciousness, success, travel, work in progress, writers life, WritingI will be confident — not sad sap, sipping quietly in corner bar. I will be, act, speak with intention. I will be finished, will shop my novel.
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Poet Alexander Bacchus on Morocco, Marrakech, Accepting Ones Faults, and Living Intentionally
I first met Alex doing research on a local variation of Darija. (Moroccan Arabic). We both managed to find ourselves in Fez, that day, sitting across from one another and, the moment I saw this cat I realized I found my foil, my nemesis. A sheep in Wolof’s clothing, so to speak, for this cat…
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9 Short Stories by Egyptian Women, in Translation
arab authors, comparative literature, folklore, Islam, Islamic History, language, linguistics, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, memoir, novels, ON WRITING, Reading Women Challenge, writingAfrica, anthropology, Arab, Arab literature, Arabia, Arabic, Art, author, comparative literature, Confession, culture, egypt, feminism, folklore, gastronomy, islam, journalism, literary, literary agent, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, mena, middle east, Mythology, nonfiction, novelist, philosophy, poet, Poetry, world literature, writers life, WritingEgyptian authors
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Scribes and Sake: Kasa-Jizo (かなじぞ)
Academia, anime, Anthropology, Art, asia, asian studies, Book Blog, books, bookstagram, buddhism, college, columbia missouri, comparative literature, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, Culture, Dissertation, education, essay, existentialist, Flash Poem, folklore, inspiration, japan, japanese cinema, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, meditation, mindfulness, nonfiction, ON WRITING, philosophy, Poem, poet, Poetry, quote, quote of the day, reading, Review, sketch, spirituality, stream-of-consciousness, study abroad, support the wandering scholar, the university of missouri, the writers life, Thesis, Thought Provoking, travel writing, travelblog, travelblogger, traveler, writing, yokaiAdventure, adventure travel, anthropology, Art, asian studies, author, Backpacking, Blogging, buddhism, buddhist, Confession, culture, 英語, fable, fables, fairytales, folklore, folktales, History, japanese, japanese studies, literary, literature, memoir, middle east, Morocco, Mythology, myths, novelist, Poetry, publishing, shinto, shintoism, study abroad, travel, Travel Blog, travel writer, travel writing, Traveling, wanderlust, writer, writers life, Writing, 日本, 日本語, 信徒Reading fairytales within the origin language. Contextual agreements between time and place, emotions and aesthetics. We might localize our hearts out but truth be told we humans are too complex to translate. #japanese #japaneselanguage #folklore #fable
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Engaging in Japan: Tsunami Impacted Schoolchildren
asian studies, author, Blogging, college, college life, Confession, culture, disaster relief, education, educator, educators, English, English teacher, esl, folklore, foodie, fundraiser, fundraising, go fund me, gofundme, History, inspiration, japan, japanese, KCMO, lifestyle, literature, mindfulness, Mizzou, philosophy, poet, scholarship, scholarships, spirituality, taoism, tbex, teacher, tefl, tesol, travel, travel blogger, travel blogging, travel guide, Travelogue, writer, writers lifeJapan. Land of the Rising Sun. Home of the world’s first novel. Where spirit, body, and mind are one and the same. gf.me/u/zhwucm In 2011 a mad-eyed tsunami tore through the seaside village of Rikuzentakata. As if the preceding earthquake wasn’t enough. The region fell into a state of anxiety. There remains work to be…
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The Oh-So-Poetic Roshambeaux of Rome in the Thunder Dome: A Rise to a Fall.
Adventure, adventure travel, Africa, anthropologist, anthropology, archaeologist, Archaeology, Art, art historian, artist, author, Backpacking, Blogging, buddhism, Confession, culture, historian, histories, History, inspiration, Italy, Kansas City, literary, literature, memoir, middle east, mindfulness, Morocco, novelist, poet, Poetry, publishing, roman, Rome, travel, Travel Blog, travel writer, travel writing, travelblog, Traveling, wanderlust, western civilization, writer, writers life, WritingThe story of Rome is one of civilizations greatest epics. One of humanity’s greatest successes. And perhaps even greater failures. And thus, all at once perhaps its most tragic. In just over 500-centuries what began as a humble village, just a salty sea breeze away from the Mediterranean, calcified into a peal, a nucleus upon…