Five Turkish men and women who fled their homeland and President Erdogan's authoritarian regime speak of their fears, what they left behind, and their ...
Action Steps for Justice in Turkey
by Amanda Cantrell Roche Turkey has held a special place in my heart since I travelled there as a guest on a Culture and Dialogue Turkey Trip in ...
The Power of We
My voice. My one voice. It’s message not original. nor cloaked in the power of art For there is no time for that This onslaught is too ...
Highway Herald ~ by Amanda Cantrell Roche
“I'm going to work for my sanity Give it everything I got Though so far I have cheated death I know someday I'll get caught Just living So here ...
Cigar Geeks ~by Derik Pell
Cigars have a strange place in the American psyche. When most of us think of cigars, I imagine we have an almost cartoonish image in our minds of Wall ...
Where There’s Smoke… ~ by Jenn Couture
When it came down to the gritty stuff of exploration, there was no place better than the lush, mysterious wilds of my aunt's back yard in the white ...
Smoke Signals ~ by Kristen Hubbard
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Burma in Nashville: Finding One’s Way through the Haze ~ by Amanda Cantrell Roche
The apartment complex in Antioch, a suburb of Nashville and home to many of the city’s international communities, sprawls over a hill, dorm-like ...
Smoke and Emotional Damage ~ By Jenn Couture
Folks suspected it was arson that started the fire in the cellar of my Grandmother's house in the early hours of that November morning. Kids, they ...
Once, When I Was A Gringa ~ By Jenn Couture
Visiting one of the other Americas, I climbed the Pyramid of the Sun. I climbed in single file, the way it had always been done, pausing at each ...