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Any Inconvenience Caused: The Heights, A Dispatch from Leh

June 15, 2013

Any Inconvenience Caused: The Heights, A Dispatch from Leh

By Kyle Valenta

The donkey.
The dog: the stray and the spaniel.
The cow, the cow, and the other sad looking cow.

Jun
15
2013
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The donkey.
The dog: the stray and the spaniel.
The cow, the cow, and the other sad looking cow.

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Look What God Can Do!

March 9, 2011

Look What God Can Do!

By Colie Hoffman

No one wants to appear childlike and vulnerable to others, but everyone (everyone who seeks out new experiences, anyway) wants to feel that way–along with love, awe is the one of the emotions people seek most deeply. And for writers, whose job is to express the inexpressible, the hidden, these two aims can feel at odds.

Mar
09
2011
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No one wants to appear childlike and vulnerable to others, but everyone (everyone who seeks out new experiences, anyway) wants to feel that way–along with love, awe is the one of the emotions people seek most deeply. And for writers, whose job is to express the inexpressible, the hidden, these two aims can feel at odds.

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Who You Lookin’ At?

January 31, 2011

Who You Lookin’ At?

By Colie Hoffman

NOTE: This is the third in a series of posts by Colie Hoffman about her experience while a writer-in-residence at Sangam House, India. When I was in grad school, my friend Dave and I used to lift weights at the gym. The undergrad demographics at our university skewed largely male, so naturally, the weight room was populated […]

Jan
31
2011
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NOTE: This is the third in a series of posts by Colie Hoffman about her experience while a writer-in-residence at Sangam House, India. When I was in grad school, my friend Dave and I used to lift weights at the gym. The undergrad demographics at our university skewed largely male, so naturally, the weight room was populated […]

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Here Be Dragons

December 14, 2010

Here Be Dragons

By Colie Hoffman

We all have our ways of dealing with the unknown, I guess. Apparently cartographers used to write “Here be dragons” on sections of uncharted territory, especially oceans.

Dec
14
2010
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We all have our ways of dealing with the unknown, I guess. Apparently cartographers used to write “Here be dragons” on sections of uncharted territory, especially oceans.

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Letter from Karnataka

December 6, 2010

Letter from Karnataka

By Colie Hoffman

While all this is magical, it’s really just a sideshow to the main attraction: For 10 straight weeks, I have all the free time in the world to write, write, write.

Dec
06
2010
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While all this is magical, it’s really just a sideshow to the main attraction: For 10 straight weeks, I have all the free time in the world to write, write, write.

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