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Chopin in Warsaw

One evening in Warsaw, after a long day of visiting museums and memorials, I stumbled upon a Chopin concert. After learning of the worst...

The Krakow Ghetto

Here I sit in the center of the Krakow Ghetto. It’s impossible to convey the reality of what went on here, the horrors unimaginable. A...

Poland

I didn’t know what to expect when I first arrived in Poland. Would it be safe? Would I have enough to eat as a vegetarian? Was I going to...

Before

The following is the first of a series of blog posts from my trip to Israel and Poland, an exploration into my family and cultural roots....

The Swiss Life

My summer trip this year was to Switzerland and my assumptions of Swiss culture were shattered immediately upon arrival. The Swiss are...

Pololu Valley

As we descend down the trail, the view of Pololu does not get any less spectacular. Cliffs jut out along the Pacific out into the...

It's Not What You Do

A friend of mine recently won his first case as a trial lawyer. He let everyone know on Facebook and received plenty of “likes.” But then...

One Reason to Be Optimistic About the Election

Everyone has an opinion about the election. This blog post is not about this writer’s opinion on Hillary or Trump. I’m more interested in...

Climate Change

On a flight to Tokyo, I read an article in the USA Today that had a profound effect on me. This little article, about the Pope’s...

Tsurumai Park

Sitting on the same bench where I wrote seven years ago, where I drank sake under the cherry trees with friends from around the globe,...

Be Productive and Get Some Sleep

What is the greatest issue facing the United States of America? Whatever came to your mind just then, I bet it had to do with something...

And so I write.

A soft breeze that rustles the leaves, a grill hardly used but told to be useful, the smell of dew, two aspens towering above in a green...

Exclusive Interview with Victor Vale

In this exclusive interview with Victor Vale, the narrator of The Last Book Ever Written, Victor tells us about his childhood, his...

Why I Wrote The Last Book Ever Written

When the iPhone was released, my best friend, always the first to embrace technology, brought it to my house. My friends and I sat...

Bricklayer

In this prompt, we were asked to write about our ancestors: As I lay brick after brick, I remember how I got here. The languages going in...