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Monday, March 10, 2014

Go, go, Amtrak Residency!

View from the Empire Builder train.
Yesterday, I applied for an Amtrak Residency.


Shah Ismail the First.
My goal is to take the Empire Builder train from Portland to Chicago to work on the first draft of my non-fiction work on the Safavid Empire (1501-1722), then visit the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago for further research and polish.

Back when I finished my first Master's degree, I knew I had a line on a fascinating and important time in history. I want to write a popular history to show the roots of modern Iran.
Another view of the great American landscape.

Wish me luck!