Transitions thrust us into new worlds.
What's it like when that new world is an ocean away? And in a foreign country with another language and different cultural, religious, and political perspectives?
Our podcast guest, Kevin Risner, was an English major whose love of the language led him in a variety of directions, one of which was to teach English to students in Istanbul, Turkey.
Follow along as Kevin not only moves to a foreign country, but experiences transitions involved in evolving from student to teacher, and also constantly expanding from teacher to writer.
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NOTE: This show transcript is still raw. Once final edits are made, it will be noted right here in the show notes.
This episode was recorded 11.21.18. All portions are copyright 2018 Luanne Bole-Becker.
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Here are links to some of Kevin Risner's writing work:
My Ear is a Sieve
https://bunkysbooks.com/collections/bottlecap-press/products/my-ear-is-a-sieve-by-kevin-a-risner
Lucid
http://thepoetryannals.co.uk/#june
Poetry anthology that includes one Risner poem in it; all profits from this collection go to Save The Children
http://thepoetryannals.co.uk/#winter
Information about bombings Kevin Risner talked about:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Istanbul_bombings
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Istanbul_bombings
Link to Pamuk’s novel Snow
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11691.Snow
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