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Longform: Searching for Walter

March 17, 2020by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

BY AMY YEE March 17, 2020 Massachusetts Review http://massreview.org/sites/default/files/10_61.1Yee.pdf A 61-year-old man from Harbin, China, a retired truck driver who spoke zero English, was solo backpacking in the Balkans. Why?  […]

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Arts, China, Culture, Fun stuff & Cool people, Longform & Narrative, Travel

Delhi’s Current Flows On

October 7, 2016by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Electric Literature October 7, 2016 A walk in India’s capital with Akhil Sharma, winner of the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award Author Akhil Sharma visiting ruins in Delhi, spring 2012. Credit: […]

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Arts, Culture, Fun stuff & Cool people, India, Longform & Narrative, Travel

A Jewelry Maker Who Goes Far Beyond Metal

December 7, 2012by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

International Herald Tribune December 7, 2012 CHICAGO — In 1967, while she was a student at the University of Iowa, Kiff Slemmons and her boyfriend, now her husband, drove to […]

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Arts, Culture, Travel

In New Delhi, Sampling India’s Regional Food

March 8, 2012by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times April 11, 2010Each of India’s 28 states has its own government-run house for state affairs, known as a bhavan, in the bustling capital city of New Delhi. […]

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Culture, Fun stuff & Cool people, India, Travel

In Cities Like New Delhi, B&Bs Are One Answer to a Hotel Shortage

March 7, 2012by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

The New York Times October 18, 2009 MAYBE it was the patterned bedspread and white appliqué pillows on the double bed that made the simple room so inviting. Or perhaps […]

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Culture, India, Travel

Lonely Planet’s Ambassador

March 6, 2012by amyyeewrites 2 Comments

The Wall Street Journal April 26, 2011 Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, sits in the lobby of an austere five-star hotel here. Soft-spoken and down-to-earth, the 64-year-old wears a […]

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Business, Fun stuff & Cool people

Showing and saving arts as old as centuries in India

March 4, 2012by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Boston Globe April 8, 2012 UDAIPUR, India – The young puppeteer insists it’s easy. With outstretched hands, he pulls the strings on the foot-tall man at his feet. The puppet […]

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Arts, India, Travel

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