Books (Forthcoming)
The Rest of the World
Essays about Elsewhere
Not Untrue, Not Unkind
Essays About Artists and Friends, About Art and Friendship
Essays
Speeches, essays and other prose
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Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way February 2016
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Man From Memphis April 2014
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The Senator's Music April 2014
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She Leaves Town to Climb Mountains March 2014
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It’s Always About The B-Side March 2014
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A Requiem for Some Rogues September 2013
“Erik taught in English and broken Arabic, but mostly he taught with the movement of his body.”
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Jimi Hendrix and the Heliopause September 2013
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The Ambassador & The King August 2013
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As Much Power as a Word: Hard, Soft, and Smart Power August 2013
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Building Tomorrow: Hillary Clinton and the Fulbright Legacy July 2013
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The Shipwreck of Pandora: Finding Hope in Science June 2013
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Magpies and Wild Things May 2013
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Potatoes, Monks, Gossip and Electricity April 2013
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Remembering Senator J. William Fulbright April 2013
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Troubling the Water April 2013
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The Smell of Jasmine, the Calm of the Crowd March 2013
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Seeing Fire in the Clouds February 2013
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Good Work January 2013
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The Storm Demon, Father of all Monsters November 2012
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Being Looked At, Being Talked About August 2012
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He Had a Hat July 2012
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Man of Sorrows July 2012
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Memory and Our Mothers: Peg Boyers in Venice July 2012
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Suffering Insight: On Chase Twichell July 2012
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Fulbright Scholars: Sharing the World through Storytelling July 2012
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Stories in the Wilderness and in the City June 2012
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Let's Rock and Roll June 2012
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Listening to Our Mothers May 2012
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"you are what I wanted to see": On W. S. Merwin April 2012
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Fulbright and the Giant Brain April 2012
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Thinking the Unthinkable April 2012
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Looking at Your Shoes Instead of My Own April 2012
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Walking Towards the Vanishing Point: On Billy Collins April 2012
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What Will We Say to Each Other? March 2012
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Smart Power, Smart Friend March 2012
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Traveling by Caravan March 2012
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Not Saving the World, Sharing It February 2012
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Moon Drawn October 2011
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Essay on Psalm 139 April 2011
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Hannah and Her Sisters November 2009
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Mystery Pipes November 2009
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Manna not the Maid November 2009
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A Paean of Such Patience November 2009
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The Sphinx and the Dutch Treat November 2009
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Dust Storm November 2009
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Wondering as I begin to wander out under your internet gaze November 2009
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Remembering Ted Kennedy August 2009
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Because a Fire Was In My Head January 2009
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Joan Jonas January 2008
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A Question of Moths January 2005
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The Questionable Tom Sachs January 2005
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The Starn Twins July 2004
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Anthony in Wonderland July 2003
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Portable (Real) Estate July 2001
Where
- Reno
- Miami
- Fayetteville
- St. Petersburg
- New York City
- Washington D.C.
- Canberra
- Medellin
- Cairo
- Long Beach
- Banff Springs
- Saratoga Springs
- Jakarta
- Philadelphia
- St. Louis
- Rabat
- Atlanta