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DISPLACED Q: In the words of The Clash, “Should I stay or should I go?”; When...
In our post on March 20, When in doubt, have a pint of Guinness, we drew attention to the Britons who resolutely stayed in post-earthquake Japan rather than fleeing with the majority of their expat...
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What the Finnish Spring can teach us about expats and politics
SPECIAL TREAT FOR TDN READERS: Anu Partanen, though she’s currently on the road, has promised to “come in” and respond to your comments and questions over the next few days. So, ask away! Anu Partanen...
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The Displaced Nation observes the 10th anniversary of 9/11
Two members of The Displaced Nation team, ML Awanohara and Kate Allison, were living in the United States at the time of 9/11 — Kate as an expatriate from the UK, and ML as a recent repatriate. In...
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Dear Mary-Sue: Tempted to make invidious cross-cultural comparisons
Mary-Sue Wallace, The Displaced Nation’s agony aunt is back. Her thoughtful advice eases and soothes any cross-cultural quandary or travel-related confusion you may have. Submit your questions and...
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Dear Mary-Sue: Things to do in Paris
Mary-Sue Wallace is back and she’s dishing out advice to the helpless like it were soup, soup from a big tureen of common sense in the soup kitchen we call the blogosphere … or something like that. If...
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All hail Sir Richard Branson, along with global nomads who delve into global...
The catalog for Heifer International has just landed in my mailbox, encouraging me to donate a sheep in honor of my nearest and dearest, to a family in need in Nepal, Romania, or Brazil. That family...
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LIBBY’S LIFE #27.5 — A Halloween rehash
Greetings, Libby fans! If you’ve been following The Displaced Nation this week, you’ll know that we hashed our Halloween post because the writer — Libby’s creator, Kate Allison — went mysteriously...
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A veteran of the expat life, I thought I knew displacement…but then along...
The topic of today’s post is Hurricane Sandy. We’ll get to that soon. But first I want to tell you how I’m feeling today, one week after this monster storm struck. I’m feeling like Joy in the Flannery...
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How the 2012 elections looked to a repatriated American who is now a digital...
Global citizens follow the US elections closely; some even see American politics as a spectator sport. For today’s post, we asked Anastasia Ashman, an occasional contributor to the Displaced Nation, to...
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And the Alices go to … these 3 expat writers for their Hurricane Sandy posts
My husband and I have a habit of going on holiday just before some major world crisis occurs — after which we have no choice but to spend several days holed up in our hotel room watching the events...
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DIARY OF AN EXPAT WRITER: The highs, but also the lows, of the writing life
American expat in Hong Kong Shannon Young quit her day job a year ago to become a full-time writer. Here’s the latest entry in her expat writer’s diary. Dear Displaced Diary, As you’ve no doubt noticed...
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DIARY OF AN EXPAT WRITER: Still reeling from reaching the end of my 4-book...
American expat in Hong Kong Shannon Young quit her day job a year ago to become a full-time writer. Here’s the latest entry in her expat writer’s diary. Dear Displaced Diary, Yesterday I finished...
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DIARY OF AN EXPAT WRITER: Back in full-time writing mode and full of...
We haven’t heard from American expat in Hong Kong and aspiring writer Shannon Young for a while. Does that mean she’s thrown in the towel on the full-time writing gig? Read on to find out… Dear...
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Expat, repat, and otherwise displaced reactions to the 2016 US presidential race
Welcome to the Displaced Nation’s virtual panel discussion on the most recent presidential election in America. (Hey, we figured if the pundits could get it all wrong, we could all be pundits, too!)...
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