Favorite Place

My favorite place is Australia, because it is a beautiful country with great culture.
Sydney, Australia. Click here for link.

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  1. Laura GibbsJanuary 13, 2020 at 4:15 PM

    Australia is an amazing place for sure, Ethan... and it is hard times right now there. Thanks to Twitter, I am connected with colleagues in Australia daily, and the news of the fires is almost inconceivable. I'm guessing that there might be a lot of climate-change storytelling in the classes this semester; one of my favorite Indian authors, Amitav Ghosh, has been exploring that connection between the old myths and our current climate, like in this incredible new novel: Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh. Powerful stuff.

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