Tara Bray Smith on true communication
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Tara Bray Smith was born and raised in Hawaii. She is the author of West of Then, a memoir, and Betwixt, a novel for young adults. She lives with her husband in New York City and Berlin. www.tarabraysmith.com.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
I loved this. I related so well to not being able to push myself to read German. I speak German fluently but I simply can’t sit down and enjoy a German novel.
I also understand how German can sound “shockingly” beautiful when some people speak it. And I grew up with French speakers who equated speaking German to hacking.
This piece was lovely.
May 11th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
I so enjoyed your WEST OF THEN, and I was interested in your mothers progress. Hope she is well and doing well.
October 31st, 2011 at 4:39 am
I read the Sept 2011 New Yorker article about Thomas Struth. According to the author, Tara Bray Smith gracefully agreed to live in Dusseldorf.
What a patronizing and parochial comment. I’m ashamed for both women. I hope it actually only reflects on the author with her patronizing comments about Struth and the Germans she met.
Otherwise, I hope … well, never mind.