Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome A few years ago I discovered the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD and the Royal Opera House’s Live Cinema Season programs, which revolutionized my enjoyment of opera.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayTravel
I’m Not the Perpetual Foreigner
by Guest Contributor March 15, 2018Runner-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…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayFeaturedTravel
Announcing Privilege & Identity Abroad Narrative Writing Contest Winners
by Entropy March 14, 2018Entropy & 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…
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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…
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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…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayFeaturedTravel
Privilege & Identity Abroad Narrative Writing Contest
by Entropy November 20, 2017Privilege & 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…
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“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…
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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…
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The Trouble with Paradise
by Guest Contributor March 21, 2017Featured 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…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayCultureFeaturedTravel
Indonesia: a Travel Log (Part Two)
by Will Vincent January 7, 2017This 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…