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Puppet laryngitis: On (untold) stories, (student) soldiers and writing: Part III


So, as I mentioned yesterday, the puppets have laryngitis this week, so I am doing all the talking – although there is quite a bit of pantomiming going on! After they basically tricked  me into posting about the role of … Continue reading

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Puppet laryngitis: On stories, soldiers and writing: Part I


Today, as I sat down to prepare my syllabus for the spring semester, the puppets took charge of my laptop – those puppets – they are the perpetrators of procrastination like none other.  I should mention that the puppets have … Continue reading

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Stories make the world go round – or – where the Karagöz puppets came from


Yesterday, I wrote about Elif Şafak‘s words on the importance of stories – on breaking down walls, expanding circles and enjoying in the overlapping of those circles.  Although you wouldn’t know it from my current profession, a professor of statistics, research … Continue reading

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