Author Archives: lizcameron

A Tiryaki Haze on the first day of school

Posted on January 17, 2012 by lizcameron

  It’s the first day of the spring semester.  As one of my students put it in an email last week, “you are going to need to find all of us – little pebbles in the forest – wash us … Continue reading →

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Karagöz puppets in Pansyland: M’lady and the puppets review Perking the Pansies: Jack and Liam Move to Turkey

Posted on January 16, 2012 by lizcameron

Earlier this month, I wrote about Elif Şafak, the Turkish author who in her brilliant talk on the politics of fiction also addressed the importance of sharing and feeling stories in ways that allow for the crossing of cultures and … Continue reading →

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Occupy the Writeamatrix: A failed movement, for the moment

Posted on January 15, 2012 by lizcameron

So, after making it through the sandstorm-poop-a-thon writeamatrix beat down walk on the beach this morning now that the writeamatrix is back from vacation, I made it through the day of legitimate meetings with our contractor and CAD expert – … Continue reading →

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