Kirjahaku

A metafiction memoir by a wandering prescient Vietnam Veteran with a Gonzo attitude. He was in Morocco on 9/11. He met Omar, a blind Toureg writer in exile. They travel together sharing histories, legends, myths and stories. Subject to Change blends literary journalism, history, and creative nonfiction in diverse world cultures. It incorporates abandonment, exile, renewal, creativity, diversity, kindness, gratitude and spiritual awareness.To travel is better than to arrive.

An invisible traveler showed up in Phonsavan, Laos. He sat down for eight months facilitating English, chess, creativity, teamwork and character development with Hmong students. They gave him his junior philosopher's badge. He wandered away. He wrote about this adventure.

This is a memoir from 1997-2002 including a flashback to Vietnam in 1970 when I cheated death. After Nam I became a ghost in exile, a literary outlaw. Transformed. In 1997 I completed a three day alcohol detox program. Clean and clear, I began writing prose with rhythm, harmony and improvisation. On September 1st, 2001 I flew to Morocco. I was there on 9/11. Call it luck or fate. Imagining the global social, economic and psychological aftermath, I blended facts and satire in Morocco and then Spain. ART combines literary journalism with social autopsy and storytelling. Adventure, Risk and Transformation.

Poetry transcribed from a journal 2014-2018.