I also did a Q&A with the book's translator Mike Fu around the time I wrote this essay for my #newsletter #MovableWorlds.

Read it here: https://movableworlds.co/p/14-mike-fu-you-can-be-both-as-much

#StoriesOfTheSahara #Sanmao #travelwriting

I'm wrestling a bit lately with how one of my personal casualties of the pandemic is kind of the heart of what I once considered my professional identity.

I have defined myself for most of my writing career as an Italy travel writer. Now, after a divorce, the derailing of my expat plans, and a pandemic, I'm not really sure *what* my core professional identity is anymore.

And that's a little unsettling, especially at this point in my life.

#Writing #WritersOfMastodon #TravelWriting

Got this preview in the mail a couple of months back from the UK-based Emma Press of a friend's debut memoir about coming of age in #Japan, struggling to find her place in a city where she worked as a tour guide and coming to terms with the mystifying loss of a close friendship. Flory is a lovely person and this is a very relatable, gracefully written book. It's also available for purchase now: https://theemmapress.com/shop/prose/essays/how-kyoto-breaks-your-heart/ <3

#edreads #bookstadon #readingcommunity #travelwriting #memoir

@ancatdubh I started to use it as a #KnowledgeManagement system when we were writing our book on #Literary #TravelWriting and it became the subject of our research too into #CooperativeWriting from which I’ve designed #Template for rapid #Journaling

Can’t believe I’ve made the shortlist of the Stanford Travel Book of the Year award with my book My Family and Other Enemies. So thrilled and proud. #travel #StanfordsTravel #Travelwriting

@everywhereist @nerdseyeview Same. Except then I search for the #travelwriting hashtag and get bupkis. 🤷🏻‍♀️