In 2011, prior to the start of a Sierra Club hiking trip, I spent two days in Lahaina, and it left a bittersweet memory – discovering a quaint, sleepy, laid back port town dating back to pre-Victorian times. So much was preserved – from its ethnic groups’ heritage (Chinese, Japanese) to the mansions of theContinue reading “Lahaina, as I will always remember it”
Author Archives: Lane Igoudin
Authors Guild reading
Reading my travel/spirituality essay “Out of Dark Depths” (Parabola Magazine, Winter 2022-23) at the Authors Guild / LA chapter meeting/reading in North Hollywood. Great group of writers; interesting stories spanning the globe from Ghana to Kaua’i to John Lennon at The Dakota to, in my case, Yucatan.
Presenting on inclusive English teaching practices
On July 19, I presented at the 20th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2023) held at École Normale Supérieure in Lyon, France. My talk, titled “Teaching to the Strengths: Language and Culture Inclusive Pedagogies for California Latinx Students,” was part of a daylong “Diversity, Inclusion, and Pedagogic Practices in Culturally Different Educational Systems” symposium,Continue reading “Presenting on inclusive English teaching practices”
Three war memoirs
In the latest issue of my newsletter Blessing the Sea, I am reviewing three war memoirs that teach deep spiritual truths: Matti Friedman’s Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story of a Forgotten War, Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s Flight to Arras, and Siege in the Hills of Hebron (Dov Knohl, ed.). War is destructive, but also transformative, like an earthquake pilingContinue reading “Three war memoirs”
LACC’s Citadel seeks submissions
The Citadel, the annual literary magazine published by the English/ESL Department of Los Angeles City College, where I teach, is seeking submissions for its 2023 issue. A staple on the LA literary scene for more than 50 years, The Citadel features juried fiction and poetry by the writers from our college but also from theContinue reading “LACC’s Citadel seeks submissions”
Israeli poetry evening
On March 23, I greatly enjoyed and helped to facilitate an evening of Israeli poetry in Los Angeles, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the state. For my portion, I read – in Hebrew and English – a poem by a young Mizrahi writer, Adi Keissar. Her “For Those Who” /”Le-Mi Sheh…” is a combative spokenContinue reading “Israeli poetry evening”
Learning from the Embera of the Panamanian Rainforest
Reporting on a January 2023 trip Arriving in Embera Quera was like arriving in paradise. On the way to the village, as our dugout boat was gliding through the rainforest, we saw toucans, sloths, and capuchin monkeys, and heard the unmistakable rumble of the howler monkeys disturbed by our noise. There were cows in theContinue reading “Learning from the Embera of the Panamanian Rainforest”
My travel/spirituality essay in Parabola… and its first reading!
Delighted to see my essay “Out of the Dark Depths” in the Winter 2023 issue of Parabola: The Search for Meaning. The issue theme of this New York-based magazine dedicated to the world’s religious, cultural, and mythological traditions is “Darkness and Light,” and in my essay, I recount an unexpected spiritual awakening that occurred toContinue reading “My travel/spirituality essay in Parabola… and its first reading!”
Book review of The Magician by Colm Tóibín in Lambda Literary
Lambda Literary published and included in its December mailings my review of The Magician, Colm Tóibín’s novelized biography of Thomas Mann, Germany’s greatest 20th century writer – and a married and closeted public figure. “Gay, artistic Thomas is born into a prosperous mercantile family [where] money is as self-evident and essential as water and sunshine.Continue reading “Book review of The Magician by Colm Tóibín in Lambda Literary”
Travel/spirituality essay to come out in Parabola
Super excited: my travel essay “Out of the Depths of a Mayan Burial Cave,” based on a mind-opening spiritual experience in Yucatan, has been bought by Parabola (New York). Can’t wait to see in their Winter 2022/23 issue! Parabola, also known as Parabola: The Search for Meaning, is a Manhattan-based quarterly magazine on the subjectsContinue reading “Travel/spirituality essay to come out in Parabola”
Lane Igoudin | Author, Professor, Dad 