A Global Studies doctoral degree holder and former newspaper reporter, avid eater, pseudo-philosopher and poet, occasion-propelled singer, semi-professional socializer, movie addict, Brazilian-American nomad. In this space, she will share some of her experiences and (mis)adventures regarding various topics, with special attention to social issues.
I haven’t written anything for this website for the better part of a year, since my poetry book announcement and declaring The Leipzig Glocal (leipglo) a micro-publishing house. That change made me lose the urgency; plus I’ve been living in Hanoi, Vietnam, since September 2025, an experience that has consumed me. So updates and email
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I’m proud to announce that the Leipzig Glocal Publishing micro press I founded earlier this year has published its first book. It’s called Unmoorings: Poems from a Life in Constant Flux. After a decade building the Leipzig Glocal brand as an online publisher of articles and event organizer, I’ve modified the scope to publishing actual
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I'm writing this article for the double purpose of quietly commemorating the 10 years of LeipGlo and letting you know I'm making it into a micro-press. I'm modifying the brand's name to Leipzig Glocal Publishing and launching it in beta phase. This means that at first I'll be publishing my own books to test the
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I used to say I could not draw or paint to save my life. Except for a few digital symmetrical shapes on Windows Paint, or stick figures and squiggly lines vaguely resembling a river on a notebook. Yet on a recent Saturday night, I perched myself high up in the Post building stabbing at a
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