Claire Polders

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    Places We Left Behind

    The painful thread running through Lang’s moving memoir Places We Left Behind is the question of sacrifice. What should we give up for the person we love?

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    My travel blog Wander, Wonder, Write will continue as a Substack newsletter. Please subscribe to follow me on my journeys.

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    The Beginning of Freedom

    Our Nomad Life—an Origin Story. I was on the lookout when change came and found me. After twenty years in Paris, after eighteen years of writing, working, and living in the same lovely-crappy-inspiring atelier, I felt stuck.

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    Meet Châu Quỳnh Lê from Swing Love

    Swing Love: Meet the woman whose love for swing dance inspired her business in handcrafted sustainable leather shoes in Vietnam.

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    Micro Memoirs in DIAGRAM

    Three micro memoirs in DIAGRAM about murder as a protective force, the sound of lines slapping against masts, and childhood shame.

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    Five Books on Indonesia

    I recently spent two months on Bali and read many books on Indonesia. Here are five books on the region I recommend.

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