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The Migrant Questionnaire #4 | Paul
"I went on a gap year, and life happened!"
May 9
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Monica Nastase
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Paul Moxness
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April 2025
The Migrant Gaze
About the perspective we get when we are never fully inside a culture, but also no longer entirely outside of it either.
Apr 27
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Monica Nastase
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Love in Translation: A Review of 'A Lover’s Discourse'
A book review of Xiaolu Guo’s 'A Lover’s Discourse': what it means to love across cultures.
Apr 1
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Monica Nastase
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March 2025
The Famous Expats Who Shaped 20th-Century Culture
Writers, artists and thinkers who established new creative lives in Paris, New York and California.
Mar 22
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Monica Nastase
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The Migrant Questionnaire #3 | Catriona
"All that propaganda about things like: if you step out of your comfort zone, the world will meet you and it will be amazing. It doesn’t work like…
Mar 7
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Monica Nastase
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Catriona Knapman
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February 2025
The Power of Family Photos to Keep Us Rooted
How old family photos connect us to our roots, no matter where we are in the world.
Feb 13
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Monica Nastase
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January 2025
The Elusive Meaning of Home
11 definitions of home from you, fellow Substackers - plus my own take in the form of an essay.
Jan 29
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Monica Nastase
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November 2024
A Coconut Among Peaches: Crossing Cultures
Is there such a thing as an extrovert culture and an introverted one? And how are they like these two fruits?
Nov 1, 2024
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Monica Nastase
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October 2024
Why Are We Patriotic?
And what does it say about us if we are not patriotic (anymore)?
Oct 8, 2024
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Monica Nastase
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The Migrant Questionnaire #2 | Edward
“When you find yourself at a ‘home’ which doesn’t feel like home, it brings into question your whole sense of identity.”
Oct 1, 2024
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Monica Nastase
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Edward
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September 2024
What Makes Paris Unforgettable
Paris is just as fabulous as when I saw it last time. Let me tell you why.
Sep 23, 2024
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Monica Nastase
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August 2024
The Migrant Questionnaire #1 | Barbs
"Some people track their age in years but I like to track mine in places visited. I would be 10 countries old."
Aug 31, 2024
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Monica Nastase
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Barbs Honeycutt
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