Recovering American
Personal essays on travel, exile, belonging, and wonder – written by a recovering American learning how to live elsewhere.
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The Protests in France
I had just gotten out of the shower when I heard shouts and chants.
I’d read online that there’d be another student protest in Angers, but I didn’t know it would go right past my block. I threw some clothes on and grabbed my phone so I cou...
Sometimes Leaving Helps You Know When You’re Home
At the end of August, I left France for the first time since my December 2025 arrival. I was headed to Ireland for two weeks at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, an artist residency in County Monaghan.1
I’d dreamed of visiting Ireland since I was...
Greetings from the Inferno
Well, things have been quiet here on my Substack, but not because I haven’t been writing. I’ve been working on an essay about the heat waves in France for the Los Angeles Review of Books. Written as a series of postcards, one for each heat...
The Hidden Figure in La Doutre
I took an Uber to my first appointment with my new physical therapist, Corinne. It’s only a mile to her office, but I have myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and my energy has been exceptionally low lately, and I kn...
Angers in Frames
Just dropping in here to say that I captured a photo of the elusive Boutché when I returned to her salon for a trim the other day.
As she was cutting my hair, I pulled out my phone and asked if I could take a shot. We’d never gotten one fo...
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Author of American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life (HarperCollins, 2023). River swimmer. Pastry Aficionado. Anxious traveler.
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