Travel

Prologue: It’s important to travel after a death, they say, to help process loss from a new vantage point. A month before my wedding in 2016, my mother passed away…

Honorable Mention in the Privilege & Identity Abroad Narrative Writing Contest. See the announcement for all of our winners here.   “A Schwarzer from Brooklyn who can speak German—you’ll be…

Honorable Mention in the Privilege & Identity Abroad Narrative Writing Contest. See the announcement for all of our winners here.   I moved to Cairo to study Arabic as part…

Runner-Up in the Privilege & Identity Abroad Narrative Writing Contest. See the announcement for all of our winners here.   I stand in front of the bathroom sink, towel wrapped…

Runner-Up in the Privilege & Identity Abroad Narrative Writing Contest. See the announcement for all of our winners here.   Until I moved to France, I never realized what it…

Entropy & InterAction Initiative Inc. is happy to announce our first place writers for the Privilege & Identity Abroad Narrative Writing Contest. InterAction’s mission is to activate and advance young…

First Place Winner of the Privilege & Identity Abroad Narrative Writing Contest. See the announcement for all of our winners here.   “We need to see some identification.” Rodrigo pulled…

First Place Winner of the Privilege & Identity Abroad Narrative Writing Contest. See the announcement for all of our winners here.   It was rush hour in Washington, D.C., and…

Privilege & Identity Abroad Writing Contest Brought to you by Entropy & InterAction Initiative Inc. We are excited to be co-sponsoring this important writing contest with InterAction Initiative Inc. and…

“My Plastic People” is my most ambitious and personal project so far. It has become an essential part of my identity as a street photographer and as an artist. These…

I. Transit   Stand on a quiet street in Los Angeles at 4:00 am. Order a Lyft. Wait 30 minutes. Stare at your phone: the computerized version of your ride…

Featured photo — “a city through a jungle” —  from author Katie Simpson. Each night my dad made the same toast: “to another day in paradise.” Our glasses clinked as we…

This is Part Two in a two-part series.  You can read the first installment here.   Jakarta, Bali, Gili Air, & Yogyakarta Our second flight was less violent. We landed…

Sumatra I bolted out the classroom door and drove home after emailing my superiors that I would be unable to attend the staff meeting. There were pink skies over the…