by AuthorSue | Jun 1, 2017 | novels, poetry, politics, Writing
Careful readers will note that I haven’t been on this blog lately. There’s always an excuse, but this time it’s a pretty good one. Since my last post, when I was running back-to-back meetings and workshops in Singapore, I’ve returned to...
by AuthorSue | Apr 2, 2017 | poetry, politics, teaching, Writing
The recent death of Yevgeny Yevtushenko has moved me to write down some thoughts I have been having lately about the intersection of poetry and politics, or actually, any creative writing in general and the present political situation the writer finds her/himself in....
by AuthorSue | Nov 15, 2016 | history, politics, teaching, Writing
T + 1 and counting….. It’s one week since the election of Donald Trump and I have been struggling to figure out what to do about it. I have tossed between hiding away from the world and all it’s connectivity, and wilfully diving down into the...
by AuthorSue | Jul 31, 2016 | politics, United States, Writing
At the beginning of July, we moved out of the UK. That move after 26 years — a lifetime, really — coincided with the storm brought about by the Brexit referendum. There’s no need to describe what that was like. Anyone likely to be reading this blog...
by AuthorSue | Oct 9, 2015 | Cambodia, history, novels, politics, Thailand, Uncategorized, Writing
John Burgess, former foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, has written a fascinating and compelling history of the temple known as Preah Vihear, which lies on the border of Cambodia and Thailand. Ownership of this important site has been disputed for...
by AuthorSue | Jun 30, 2015 | history, music, politics, Uncategorized, United States
So, this isn’t what I had planned to write about here today. But lots can happen in a week. The last sentence of one of my blog posts of last week read: All I can say is that although I am one of the most pollyanna-ishly optimistic and hopeful people I know, I...
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