
My African Nordic Summer
What a summer! In early June I presented at the NonfictioNow Conference in Reykjavík Iceland, where I finally met Stockholm-based Nigerian travel photographer Lola Akinmade Åkerström (not pictured) and a cousin (pictured) joined me. In late June / early July I presented at Documenta 14's Gathering of Biafran Children Survivors in Athens, Greece (pictured with Chris Okigbo's daughter Obi) and had lunch with a friend I hadn't seen in 34 years. Now I'm at the Afro European Con

Oakland Magic of Memoir Conference + SF LitCrawl on same weekend!
I'll be speaking on the Why Write Memoir panel Saturday morning and reading with a group of travel writers organized by Travelers' Tales Saturday evening. How do I get myself into these things? #Memoir #Conference #Writing #Literary #TravelWriters #LitQuake #LitCrawl #Reading