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Why Reykjavik Rocked: A City for Writers

Posted on May 13, 2014May 13, 2014 by katrina

Is it strange to visit a place where you’ve never been to before and where you don’t know the language and to feel totally at home? I’ve been living in the New York City burbs now for over a decade and still don’t feel at home, but I travel to Reykjavik for the Iceland Writers…

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The Problem With Travel

Posted on May 1, 2014May 2, 2014 by katrina

Two weeks after Iceland, I’m still thinking about Iceland. The land is a mood that follows you. It lingers, like the scent of a campfire coming from your clothes days after the fire has died out. Describing its craggy lava fields, its velvety swaths of green moss, the silence of the mountains that watch over…

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How the Writer Sjón Turned An Idiot Into a Fan Girl

Posted on April 13, 2014April 20, 2014 by katrina

This is a story about me being an idiot. Truly. It begins on the living room floor in the home of Halldór Kiljan Laxness, a son of Iceland, a Nobel Prize-winning author, and a guy with great taste in art. And the story ends in the candy aisle of a gas station about a half…

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Skyr Hunting in Lopapeysa Country

Posted on April 8, 2014April 10, 2014 by katrina

I hate flying and I’ve been feeling sun-deprived after a harsh winter in the Northeastern United States, so why am I spending spring break in Reykjavik, Iceland? There are two groups to thank: the Iceland Writers Retreat led by the indefatigable Eliza Reid, and HBO’s Game of Thrones (that’s right, I’m a big fan of…

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