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August 15, 2019

Interview with Unlocking Connecticut

Delighted to be featured in Unlocking Connecticut, and a pleasure to chat with Lora and Bev about my life and work.  

August 9, 2019

The Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference: August 8-11, 2019

I will be on faculty at The Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference in Corte Madera, CA, August 8-11th.  Click here to register!

August 6, 2019

Podcast: Vignettes and Postcards from Paris

Click to listen to this recent podcast, Vignettes and Postcards from Paris, from the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.  

August 6, 2018

Travel Panel at Five Senses Festival, Washington, CT

Lavinia Spalding, Andrew McCarthy and I will be taking the amphitheater stage on July 29 at 4pm in Washington, CT at the Five Senses Festival. And here we are.

October 17, 2017

Boston Book Festival, October 28, 2017

Join me, Stacey Resnikoff, Lauren Grodstein and moderator Kelly MacFarland at the French Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA at 4 pm for our BBF event, Writing in Paris. Here is the link to the event: http://bit.ly/2ytRfoJ

October 17, 2017

The Soul of a Great Traveler Book Launch, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA

Come celebrate Travelers’ Tales/Solas House new best-of anthology, The Soul of a Great Traveler, where I will be reading ‘Masha’, along with many writers – Erin Byrne, Keith Skinner, Michael Shapiro, Lisa Alpine, and Brad Newsham, reading their award-winning stories. Friday, November 11 at 7 pm, in Corte Madera.

October 17, 2017

Why There are Words, Sausalito, CA

Why There are Words presents: Adventure, and I will be reading about Morocco, with Erin Byrne, Kimberley Lovato, and others on November 9, 2017 at 7 pm. Here is the link to the event: http://www.whytherearewords.com/2017/10/14/why-there-are-words-presents-adventure-in-sausalito-november-9/

September 14, 2017

NYT Modern Love, The Podcast

My essay for The New York Times Modern Love column performed by Oscar and Emmy nominated actress Angela Bassett, on the Modern Love Podcast. Brian Rea

April 25, 2017

Frommer Radio Hour

This was quite a bit of fun, to have the chance to speak with Pauline and Arthur Frommer about 100 Places in France on ABC Radio – the same day as my friend and colleague Lavinia Spalding. My interview, April 9 hour 1, here.

February 10, 2017

Women’s Travel Fest March 3-5 in New Orleans

My friend and editor Lavinia Spalding and I will be speaking together at Women’s Travel Fest. Kelly Lewis has put together an amazing event in New Orleans. And here we are, on stage.

October 25, 2016

Creative Nonfiction Anthology

For a while, I worked as a French teacher, a permanent substitute filling in for stretches at a time. The experience changed my life, and I wrote about it. The essay is in this new anthology from Creative Nonfiction.

October 25, 2016

5th Lowell Thomas Award from Society of American Travel Writers

Last year, I wrote an essay about my mother and her love of Morocco. This week, it won a Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers in the Personal Comment category. It’s my fifth essay that has been honored by the SATW, and it gets more exciting every time. Here’s what the […]

October 24, 2016

Best Travel Writing 2016

Another lovely volume from Travelers’ Tales/Solas House, with a terrific introduction by Rolf Potts. My memoir essay from Morocco is in this anthology.

October 24, 2016

Vignettes and Postcards from France, and Vignettes and Postcards from Morocco

My friend Erin Byrne edited these two marvelous collections of travel stories: Vignettes and Postcards from Morocco and Vignettes and Postcards from Paris. I’m very excited to have essays in both of them.nt

September 13, 2016

The Travel Essay that Started My Career

I’ve been asked a lot lately how I became a travel writer. The answer is, by accident. But it was this story – about a woman I met in Moscow, a memoir from the Cold War – that launched my career. I submitted it everywhere (and I mean everywhere – one fancy editor said, “There’s not enough […]

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