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RANDOM NOMAD: Vilma Ilic, Research Associate for Sub-Saharan Africa (Social & Economic Development Projects)

8 Comments Posted by on November 2, 2011

Born in: Sarajevo, Bosnia (at the time of my birth, still Yugoslavia) Passports: Happily, I carry a USA passport — and realize how lucky I am! Cities/States/Countries lived in: Utah (Salt Lake City): 1985-90; Ohio (Columbus): 1991-99; Washington, DC: 2000-01; Washington (Randle*): 2002; Connecticut (Storrs & Hartford): 2003-05 & 2006-08; Germany (Hamburg): 2006; New York [...]

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RANDOM NOMAD: Jennifer Greco, Writer & French Cheese Specialist

3 Comments Posted by on October 19, 2011

Born in: Spokane, Washington, USA Passports: USA and France Cities/States/Countries lived in: Washington (Seattle): 1987-99; Louisiana (New Orleans): 1999-2003; France (Cesseras*): 2003-present Cyberspace coordinates: Chez Loulou | A taste of life in the south of France (blog) * A tiny village in the Languedoc-Roussillon region What made you leave your homeland in the first place? [...]

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The light-hearted answer to Robert Pirsig — travel author Allie Sommerville

Leave a Comment Posted by on September 28, 2011

I know what you’re thinking. They can’t seriously be planning to feature Allie Sommerville in a month where they’re celebrating the joys of the open road? For those who haven’t heard the news yet, Sommerville is the author of Uneasy Rider: Confessions of a Reluctant Traveller, and we’re doing an interview with her today, as [...]

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The Displaced Nation’s monthly themes — witty, wacky, wise, all or none of the above?

5 Comments Posted by on August 17, 2011

Before drawing up the charter, as it were, for The Displaced Nation in April, the site’s two Founding Mothers — Kate Allison and myself — and its one Founding Father, Anthony Windram, engaged in some vigorous debate over what the site’s “categories” should be. We had met through our blogs. What topics did we all [...]

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Some enchanted drinking: Summer cocktails that send you round the world

17 Comments Posted by on August 9, 2011

After spending many a summer in England (summer, what summer?) and Japan (beyond brutal!), I now live in New York City, where summers can best be described as a hot mess. As the dog days set in, I’ve been known to sing out: “Drinks, glorious drinks! Don’t care what they look like!” Actually, that’s not [...]

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RETURN TRIP: Mobile in America

1 Comment Posted by on August 5, 2011

While our writers take off on what they hope will be enchanting August breaks, The Displaced Nation will occasionally be reissuing some posts that, for one reason or another, enchanted our readers. Enjoy these “return trips”! Mandy Rogers wrote this post — about what it’s like to be a Southerner in New York City — [...]

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3 hardboiled observations on the displaced TV series “The Killing”

2 Comments Posted by on May 21, 2011

Hillstreet Blues… Law and Order… Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)… Bones… I could keep going, but point made: American TV is the undisputed godfather of the crime series genre. These shows may be fiction, but they are underpinned by a grim reality: the United States has the highest rates of homicide and other violent crimes in [...]

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RANDOM NOMAD: Emily Cannell, Housewife & Mother

9 Comments Posted by on May 19, 2011

Born in: Houston, Texas Passport(s): USA States/countries lived in: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia): 1989-1990, 1993-1997, 1999-2004, 2006-2010; Louisiana (New Orleans): 1990-1993; Washington (Seattle): 1997-1999; Arizona (Scottsdale): 2004-2006; Japan (Tokyo): 2010-present Cyber coordinates: Hey from Japan — Notes on Moving (blog) What made you leave your homeland in the first place? My husband’s company offered him a job in Japan. We [...]

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“Living in the Midwest,” by Susanna Daniel

Leave a Comment Posted by on April 16, 2011

Join us today in eating some virtural Wisconsin cheese on crackers and drinking White Russians in honor of our favorite article of the week: “Living in the Midwest” by Susanna Daniel. (Later on, there might even be some tap dancing on the bar in Dansko clogs!) Susanna reinforces our theory that you can suffer culture displacement without [...]

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Mobile in America

5 Comments Posted by on April 11, 2011

Today we welcome Mandy Rogers to The Displaced Nation as a guest blogger. She wrote this post in response to Kate Allison’s “The Domestic Expat.” I don’t always understand what people are saying. I’m temperamentally unsuited to the noise and lack of personal space. I don’t think I’ll ever completely fit in. What am I? [...]

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