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Sofia A Koutlaki
Tangled emotions
Mar 17

Mar 17 Tangled emotions

Sofia Koutlaki
ancestors, encounters, family history, memoir writing, memories of youth, reflections, women's lives

How an old aunt crocheted violently to give vent to unexpressed feelings. She was short, black-clad, with her face and neck the leathery texture of tortoise skin, and had the indeterminate age of “ancient” in my childhood eyes.

Lost and (much later) Found
Mar 6

Mar 6 Lost and (much later) Found

Sofia Koutlaki
memoir writing, ancestors, family history

Technology comes to the aid of locating long-lost relatives.

Remember Me
Feb 29

Feb 29 Remember Me

Sofia Koutlaki
memoir writing, reflections, writer's life, encounters

What does a hundred-year-old friendship album have in common with the impulse of writing?

To my father, in dream
Feb 23

Feb 23 To my father, in dream

Sofia Koutlaki
father, reflections
Visit to Iran: Glimpses of another world
Feb 8

Feb 8 Visit to Iran: Glimpses of another world

Sofia Koutlaki
Iran, journeys, memories of youth, reflections, travelling

You know the feeling of other-wordliness when you step into a new country for the first time? Iran felt like another world.

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