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Monica Graff
After two decades of editing scholarly monographs for university presses, I decided to put down my red pen and pick up a black one. It's a lot more fun! Some of my musings have been published on various websites and in two anthologies.
Botswana #5: The Thrill of the Kill
This morning I woke to the sound of a man’s voice calling outside our tent. I couldn’t make out the […]
Botswana #4: Who’s There?
After TJ returned us to our tent we turned in for the night. As I sat scribbling notes by the […]
Botswana #3: Real Men and Man-Eaters
In my last dispatch I said I would tell you all about the animals at night, but more interesting than […]
Botswana #2: Dusted
Since we’ve been here I’ve hardly closed my mouth once. Not so much because I’m talking all the time—which of […]
Botswana #1: Finding the Elephant Head
Here begins a series from a safari we took last October—an adventure where things were not always as they seemed […]
Africa: Land of Holes
“Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.”—Nelson Mandela
Morocco #8: Parting Words
“It is a strange thing to come home. While yet on the journey, you cannot at all realize how strange […]
Morocco #7: The Feminine Mystique
On the way to the mountain village of Imlil, Boujeema described the three most important components of Moroccan culture. More […]
Morocco #6: The Price of Spice
The sun would be setting soon and shopkeepers, those whose stores were open during Ramadan, would take leave of their […]
Morocco #5: Dewitched
It was almost dusk when Boujeema dropped us at the curb. The reek of urine stung my eyes, and the […]
Morocco #4: The Marrakech Express
The reasons why you decide to go someplace are rarely logical. I suppose it could be because you saw it […]
Morocco #3: The Danger of the Desert
As we sped along the dusty two-lane road, there wasn’t another car in sight. Agafay wasn’t our first choice. We’d […]
Morocco #2: On a Hump with Some Name
Abraham met us with a wide smile and two towering beasts clad in rug saddles of orange, yellow, and pink. […]
Morocco #1: Ships of the Desert
A life without steep learning curves is no life at all. —Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan […]
Vietnam #4: A Very Special Lunch
On the way to our “very special, traditional Vietnamese lunch,” our schoolteacher-cum-tour guide pointed out a Greg Norman golf course. Tee […]
Vietnam #3: A Deadly Cocktail
Hoi An is the most popular destination in Vietnam. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and going there is like […]
Vietnam #2: Don’t Eat the Fish
Wikipedia still lists the cause as “unknown” for its entry on the “2016 Vietnam Marine Life Disaster.” But many knew […]
Vietnam #1: A Protest American-Style
We had just emerged from a lazy lunch at a French noodle bar when a pair of breathless tourists stopped […]
Vietnam: District Not Number One
“Let’s go this way,” Chris said and folded the map. We were supposed to be in District 1, the part […]
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