I stumbled on a delightful (word choice?) piece by Ansel Adams about How to Write About Haiti. The comments at the end of the piece are really quite insightful and led to Binyavanga Wainaina's piece in Granta, How to Write About Africa. I think these will...
I don't talk about what i study outside of a few spaces because it really isn't good dinner conversation. I think it should be the fourth, really - politics, religion, money, militarization of humanitarian aid. But i broke my own rule the other day, and...
This morning, a dear friend posted this rather moving website of artist, Claire Felicie. [caption id="attachment_469" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Emiel Before During and After © 2011 · Claire Felicie Photography"][/caption] The first set of photos are triptychs of men before they leave for Afghanistan, during their time there,...
I participated in Twysteria today. I think i just made that word up, but in keeping with Twitter vernacular, i think it fits rather nicely.I awoke early in a panic, with CLR James hanging over my head with the promise of some Paul Gilroy and...