My parents probably feel closer to the U. S. They feel America came to our rescue in the … - John Gimlette

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It's easier to write about a place sometimes when you've left it, when you can apply your imagination to your memory and let your emotions guide the writing about a place.

John Gimlette

My parents probably feel closer to the U. S. They feel America came to our rescue in the war and all that sort of thing. And for their generation the war still goes on. We still save food and little bits get scraped off and boiled out the next day.

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It never stops me from saying what I want to say about Ethiopia, the fact that a tour company is paid for me to go there. Book reviewers don't pay for the books they review.

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I tend to prefer traveling in the Third World countries. Like Ethiopia. Or Eritrea.

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