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WORLD OF WORDS: The travail of travel abroad with a group of middle schoolers...
What is it like to tour France with a bunch of American middle schoolers? It involves travel, for sure, but also no small amount of travail, as Marianne Bohr, who besides being a writer is a teacher of...
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THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: A stopover in Toronto, the world’s most multicultural city
Columnist Indra Chopra is back. Born in India, Indra embraced the life of a trailing spouse to become a globetrotter. In this post she shares her impressions of Toronto, a place that arouses her...
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LOCATION, LOCUTION: Charles Lambert draws on his displaced life to produce...
Tracey Warr is here with fellow displaced Brit Charles Lambert, a master writer of literary thrillers. He was born in England, lives in Italy, and describes himself as deeply enjoying the status of...
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EXPAT AUTHOR GAME: Lisa Morrow’s algorithm for “Waiting for the Tulips to...
This month I am delighted to welcome Lisa Morrow to the Displaced Nation as the very first guest in our new author interview series, which, in my inimitable style, I’ve devised as a kind of game expat...
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THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: Moving on to fabulous, fragrant (and fatiguing!) Hong Kong
At the moment when women all over the world are demanding a right to be heard, columnist Indra Chopra is here to remind us that an expat spouse is a person in her own right, with her own voice....
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Top 60 books for, by & about expats and other global creatives in 2016 (2/2)
Global bookworms, have you finished gorging on the 36 works of fiction featured in Part One of this post? Or perhaps you haven’t finished but fancy trying out a different flavor? In either case, you’re...
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CULTURE SHOCK TOOLBOX: Expats & TCKs, take the measure of the new location...
Transitions enthusiast H.E. Rybol is here with her final guest in her Culture Shock Toolbox series. We’ll miss her, and her column, dearly but wish her well in starting a new life in Montreal. (Hélène,...
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EXPAT AUTHOR GAME: Paul Shore’s algorithm for “Uncorked: My year in Provence...
Hello, Displaced Nationers. When I introduced our Expat Author Game series last October, I had no idea it would take until June to play another round. I have no excuse except to say the Game of Life...
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THE DISPLACED DO-GOODER: My third-culture-kid years in the land of kiwis,...
New columnist Joanna Sun is back. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, she spent her college years studying public health in New Zealand. And now she’s displaced again—on a philanthropic mission in the...
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TCK TALENT: The best answer to that pesky “where are you from?” question? A...
Columnist Dounia Bertuccelli joins us again—and has something new and exciting in store. Welcome readers! Today we’re starting something new at the TCK Talent Column—a series of poems from TCKs on...
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EXPAT AUTHOR GAME: Chandi Wyant’s algorithm for “Return to Glow: A Pilgrimage...
Hello, Displaced Nationers—or should I say ciao in honor of our special guest, Chandi Wyant, player number three in our Expat Author Game? Born in California, Chandi has lived in Qatar, India, Italy,...
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THE DISPLACED DO-GOODER: Is the Dominican Republic ready for the Korean...
Columnist Joanna Sun is back. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, she spent her college years studying public health in New Zealand. And now she’s displaced again—on a philanthropic mission in the...
View ArticleTHE DISPLACED DO-GOODER: Still adjusting to the land of mean mossies, burning...
Columnist Joanna Sun is back. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, she spent her college years studying public health in New Zealand. And now she’s displaced again—on a philanthropic mission in the...
View ArticleFAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD: Jo Parfitt’s creative life as serial expat
Columnist Doreen Brett is back, and she’s accompanied by another “great” in the expat publishing world, Jo Parfitt, who has published 30+ books herself while also helping at least a hundred new expat...
View ArticleThanksgiving, the ultimate holiday of the displaced—and still going strong
The Displaced Nation feels a special kinship to Thanksgiving. It strikes us as being, when all is said and done, the holiday of the displaced. Quite a lot is being said about Thanksgiving these days....
View ArticleEXPAT AUTHOR GAME: Apple Gidley’s algorithm for “Fireburn” (1/2)
Welcome to the fourth round of our Expat Author Game, in which global creative Apple Gidley has agreed to be the participant. For some of you, Apple requires no introduction. She has been on our site...
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