Author: Elliott Brandsma
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Meet Robert Barber, Obama’s Controversial Pick For US Ambassador
In October 2013, President Obama nominated Boston lawyer Robert Barber to succeed Luis Arreaga as US Ambassador to Iceland—a choice…
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Is The Future Bright For Iceland’s Bright Future Party?
It’s a chilly winter afternoon when I check into the front desk of the parliament building in downtown Reykjavík. After…
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Too Many Books: Do Icelandic Publishers Need To Chill Out?
The annual jólabókaflóð, or Christmas Book Flood, is a beloved Icelandic tradition. Every year around Christmastime, publishing houses across Iceland…
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Preparing for Global Leadership
Journalist Þóra Arnórsdóttir discusses her experience as a Yale World FellowIn 2012, Þóra Arnórsdóttir, a respected journalist for Icelandic State…
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A Stirring Depiction of Human Loneliness
Book review: `The Creator’ by Guðrún Eva MínervudóttirLóa, a distraught single mother whose eldest daughter suffers from a severe case…
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“We Are All The Same”
Jónína Leósdóttir, writer and wife of Iceland’s former Prime Minister, is changing the world, one page at a timeI am…
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Where’s Robert Barber?
The confounding case of the missing U.S. Ambassador to IcelandI recently attended the U.S. Embassy in Reykjavík’s annual American Independence…
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Gerður Goes To Iowa
Author Gerður Kristný was named International Writer-in-Residence at the University of IowaCome August, Gerður Kristný, one of Iceland’s most celebrated…