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Travel Far Now

Meet me at the crossroads of memoir, mysticism, vintage and the writing life. I am a poet, writer, editor, educator and collector obsessed with memory & objects, faith & nostalgia, spirituality & learning, and everything in between.

By Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein

· Launched 2 years ago

How Do You Say Goodbye?

When you're gone but you never left and you'll leave again before you return.

Jun 20•Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein


Bending Reality into Stories in the Age of AI

Some notes on art as artifice, guest-starring in a French reality TV show and visiting the set of a famous Italian telenovela.

Jun 19•Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein


Greetings from the front porch

On working with metaphors, talking to ourselves, and ever-expanding consciousness.

Jun 1•Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein


Slow Savor: A Generative Writing Workshop Series

Let's slow down and write together this summer.

May 11•Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein


Greetings from the divinity school

On gothic gargoyle dreams, writing as trance and making one's road by walking it.

May 1•Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein


Swahili, Kwani?

On learning a language and making peace with all the insecurities and illusions that come with it.

Apr 18•Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein


The Science of Second Chances

On the study of impossible love and measuring the distance between yes and no.

Apr 5•Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein


Greetings from the shifting dunes

On cuddling with clouds, conversing with cliffs, embracing the land as body.

Apr 1•Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein