tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146739799811426023.post3931140237483095535..comments2023-04-06T07:17:02.018-07:00Comments on bloggerbyconvincement: ImmersedIrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06226091959080769559noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146739799811426023.post-1083184629396284402013-09-03T16:43:48.894-07:002013-09-03T16:43:48.894-07:00Thanks for the recommendation, Jessica. I haven’t...Thanks for the recommendation, Jessica. I haven’t read Conover but will add him to my list (for AFTER this semester!). I did check out some of his writing, including the one you mentioned and passed his name along to my class. I’m intrigued by a piece he wrote in the May Harper’s about meat production. I don’t subscribe so I haven’t read the article yet, but I’m intrigued by what Conover wrote about his process in a blog post available online at http://harpers.org/blog/2013/04/on-meeting-our-meat/Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06226091959080769559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146739799811426023.post-72864269805189407922013-09-02T21:07:36.348-07:002013-09-02T21:07:36.348-07:00Iris, have you read Ted Conover? I realize that ju...Iris, have you read Ted Conover? I realize that just about the last thing you need right now is more reading suggestions, but whenever I hear "immersion journalism" I have to bring him up. He's a good writer with a trustworthy persona. I especially enjoyed the book where he goes undercover as a prison guard. Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02393552279171530086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146739799811426023.post-39097950434698998882013-08-31T12:13:31.452-07:002013-08-31T12:13:31.452-07:00Great to hear from you Aurore and to learn about y...Great to hear from you Aurore and to learn about your blog (I’m a follower now). Looks like you’re having fun and doing good work. I’ve made paper beads with trimmings from my hand-bound books- such a great way to recycle all kinds of cool paper bits. <br /><br />I’ve visited a number of cathedrals and smaller Catholic churches in Mexico and Nicaragua and am always moved in those sacred spaces (even blogged about it here in June 2011: http://bloggerbyconvincement.blogspot.com/2011_06_01_archive.html). I’ll picture you there attending Mass.<br /><br />Glad our paths have crossed “virtually” and hope we’ll see each other again sometime.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06226091959080769559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146739799811426023.post-58215071465253979202013-08-29T09:19:54.550-07:002013-08-29T09:19:54.550-07:00Hi Iris! wow--you are getting a MFA--more power to...Hi Iris! wow--you are getting a MFA--more power to you!! I loved it when my college classes made me read ;-) I am currently living and volunteering on Dominica Island in the eastern Caribbean for the US Peace Corps...been gone from the US 6 months now and getting more adjusted every day to the heat, culture and so on. My primary assignment is at a Catholic primary school--which I love--this year I am their art teacher! among other projects...to integrate into the community I have been attending Mass in the lovely old stone Catherdral adjacent to the school. Quite an experience for this Quaker to attend Mass, but I find I enjoy the chant and response litany...altho I do miss Silence. I invite you to check out my blog dominicaislanddispatches.blogspot.com to see what my life is like here. hope our paths cross again some day..AuroraAurorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04833056164328878936noreply@blogger.com