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THE PERIPATETIC EXPAT: Against the wind, becoming a repatriate

7 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on August 12, 2016

When Sally Rose first started this column, her most perplexing issue was where to go next after five years of being based in Santiago, Chile. But then a devastating personal tragedy struck and she had no choice but to return to the United States. In this month’s post, she reports on her transition. —ML Awanohara […]

Cool Columns Alice in Wonderland, Chile, Gothic tales, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, New Mexico, Repatriation, The Peripatetic Expat, Travel yarn, UK, USA, What a Displaced World

THE PERIPATETIC EXPAT: Going home again due to a devastating personal loss

Leave a comment Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on June 22, 2016

We expats may sound like we’re living in a dream or fairy tale, but many of us have lived through nightmares, too. Last time we heard from Sally, her story was running along the lines of her wonderlanded interview for this site. Having spent five years in Santiago, Chile, she was in need of new […]

Cool Columns Alice in Wonderland, Chile, Gothic tales, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, New York City, The Peripatetic Expat, Travel yarn, UK, USA, What a Displaced World

THE PERIPATETIC EXPAT: Can I go “home” again?

3 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on April 14, 2016

Once upon a time, Sally Rose was happily settled in Santiago, Chile (as described in her wonderlanded interview for this site). But then five years passed, and she got itchy feet. She took a half-year sojourn in Europe trying to figure it out. So, is Santiago still “home”? Let’s see how Sally feels upon her […]

Cool Columns Alice in Wonderland, Chile, Edinburgh, It's Fiction!, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, New York City, Scotland, South America, TEFL, The Peripatetic Expat, Travel yarn, UK, USA, What a Displaced World

THE PERIPATETIC EXPAT: Where to next? The $64,000 question

Leave a comment Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on March 4, 2016

Sally Rose was once happily settled in Santiago, Chile, as she described in her wonderlanded interview with us last year. But then five years went by, and she got itchy feet. Let’s hear some more about her attempt to answer the question: where to next? —ML Awanohara Where to next? That’s the $64,000 question. If […]

Cool Columns Chile, Edinburgh, It's Fiction!, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, New York City, Scotland, South America, TEFL, The Peripatetic Expat, Travel yarn, UK, USA, What a Displaced World

THE PERIPATETIC EXPAT: Can an expat also have itchy feet?

3 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on February 6, 2016

Sally Rose, who was one of last year’s Wonderlanded guests, recently confessed to me that she’s a perpetually perplexed peripatetic expat. We decided she needed her own column to explain this contradiction in terms. This is her first attempt. Enjoy! —ML Awanohara Hello, Displaced Nationers! I’ve been an expat for five years. That’s if you […]

Cool Columns Chile, Gothic tales, It's Fiction!, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, New York City, South America, TEFL, The Peripatetic Expat, Travel yarn, USA, What a Displaced World

For this peripatetic Argentine, now an expat in Queensland, a picture says…

5 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on December 12, 2013

Welcome back to our series “A picture says…”, created to celebrate expats and other global residents for whom photography is a creative outlet. The new series host is English expat, blogger, writer, world traveler and photography enthusiast James King, who blogs at Jamoroki and truly believes a camera is a mirror with memory… Greetings, Displaced […]

A Picture Says..., Cool Columns A picture says..., Argentina, Australia, Bali, Europe, Indonesia, Italy, London, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, Singapore, South America, Southeast Asia, Spain

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD: Jo Parfitt’s creative life as serial expat

2 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on November 16, 2017

Columnist Doreen Brett is back, and she’s accompanied by another “great” in the expat publishing world, Jo Parfitt, who has published 30+ books herself while also helping at least a hundred new expat writers publish their first great works. Wow. Who among us can compete? —ML Awanohara Hello Displaced Nationers! It is my pleasure to […]

Cool Columns, Far from the Madding Crowd Brunei, Dubai, England, Far from the Madding Crowd, It's Food!, Malaysia, Middle East, Norway, Oman, Repatriation, Scandinavia, Southeast Asia, The Hague, The Netherlands, Trailing spouse, UAE, UK, Writers we love, Writing Tips

Top 60 books for, by & about expats and other global creatives in 2016 (2/2)

1 Comment Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on March 11, 2017

Global bookworms, have you finished gorging on the 36 works of fiction featured in Part One of this post? Or perhaps you haven’t finished but fancy trying out a different flavor? In either case, you’re in luck. In Part Two, we’re adding 24 works of nonfiction—memoirs, travelogues, anthologies—that came out in 2016, bringing the grand […]

Pot Luck Africa, Asia, ATCK, Australia, Berlin, California, Cambodia, Canada, China, Crosscultural marriage, Czech Republic, Displaced Hall of Fame, Dubai, Egypt, Ethiopia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, It's Food!, Kenya, Korea, Lebanon, London, Mallorca, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, Mexico, Middle East, Morocco, Multicultural, New York City, North America, Paris, Repatriation, Russia, Scotland, South America, South Asia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, TCK, Third Culture Kid, Trailing spouse, UK, USA, Visual arts, Wales, Writers we love

BOOKLUST, WANDERLUST: Expat creatives recommend books for the (not quite) end of summer

5 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on September 1, 2016

Attention displaced bookworms! Our book review columnist, Beth Green, has canvassed several international creatives for some recommendations of books that suit the various end-of-summer scenarios those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere will soon be in (if we aren’t already!). Hello Displaced Nationers! I’ve traveled quite a bit this summer, and now I’m […]

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BOOKLUST, WANDERLUST: 6 writers talk expat- and travel-themed books: last year’s faves, this year’s must-reads

2 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on March 24, 2016

Attention displaced bookworms! Our book review columnist, Beth Green, an American expat in Prague (she is also an Adult Third Culture Kid), has canvassed several international creatives for their favorite expat- and travel-themed books of 2015, along with what’s on their bedside tables in 2016. Hello, Displaced Nationers! Last month I wrote to you about […]

Booklust, Wanderlust, Cool Columns Activists, Alaska, ATCK, Australia, Booklust Wanderlust, Cambodia, China, Crosscultural marriage, Displaced Hall of Fame, Domestic expats, Dominican Republic, France, Hong Kong, It's Fiction!, Italy, London, Love love love, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, Papua New Guinea, Paris, Southeast Asia, TCK, Third Culture Kid, Travel yarn, UK, USA, What a Displaced World, Writers we love

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