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There Is No Shame in the Hustle

Why did I enjoy the Bellagio fountains so much this week, in a fake plastic city where everything’s for sale?

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Fallen Monuments, Then and Now

The USSR’s fallen monuments and failed reckoning offer lessons for our own near future.

Ideas and Innovations / Writing

So You Want to Listen About Race

A rapidly evolving promise and manifesto. Actions to take and not take. Books to read and funds to allocate.

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Connections: The Chinese Traveler and the Bus Rider

One morning in a previous era, when international trips and handshakes were still possible, a stranger and I joined forces to assist a traveler from afar.

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Connections: The Pastry Sharer

How a fellow pastry lover shut down my mini-tantrum with one simple gesture

Connections: The Guyanese Driver’s Retort

How the phrase “I mean well!” was ruined forever by our Uber driver’s flawless retort

April 7, 2020 in Essays, Writing.

Connections: The Sherut Driver

Jerusalem, 1988: A sherut driver’s heroic act of honesty saved this young traveler from a ruined trip.

February 17, 2020 in Essays, Travel, Writing.

The Year in Mysteries: What I Read in 2019

Highlights of my year of great crime reads. (The takeaway: Go get DISAPPEARING EARTH right now.)

January 18, 2020 in Writing.

Her Story All Year Long

Why do all these “little-known histories” of women leading outsized, daring lives in war and espionage slow to a trickle after Women’s History Month is over? 

April 5, 2019 in Books, Flying, Russia, Women, Writing.

Why We Travel: Long Live the King, the Durian, and Cambodia’s National Beer

Annals of Memorable Meals: Angkor Beer, rice porridge, durian, and faith in a Kampong Thom town

February 23, 2019 in Essays, Food, Travel, Writing.

Writing Other People’s Stories, Part III: Getting Out of the Way

Why telling a story in someone else’s voice is perhaps the biggest challenge of all—and the utmost (terrifying) privilege

February 18, 2019 in Books, Essays, Women, Writing.

Writing Other People’s Stories, Part II: All Great Features Are Profiles

When writing a profile, you’ll need to upend your assumptions and tour someone’s inner and outer life with radical openness.

February 11, 2019 in Writing.

Writing Other People’s Stories, Part I: Empathy in First Person

Writing about other people’s lives is an exercise in trust, empathy, self-awareness and humility. We don’t always get it right, but it’s our job to keep trying.

January 24, 2019 in Essays, Women, Writing.

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