Author: Elliott Brandsma
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…
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…
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…
Preparing for Global Leadership
Journalist Þóra Arnórsdóttir discusses her experience as a Yale World FellowIn 2012, Þóra Arnórsdóttir, a respected journalist for Icelandic State…
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…
“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…
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…
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…