Poet and translator Patrick Donnelly discusses his fellowship in Japan, the influence of classical Japanese poetics on his work, and settling into a traditional home in Kyoto he found through the site.
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GWU professor Robert Entman, an expert on media framing and public opinion, talks through his research and reflects on the year he spent writing from apartments in Madrid, Paris, and Berlin.
Specializing in feline studies, for the past 6 years Professor Pizzicato has been honing her cat skills. She has perfected the scratching post, crafted unique yoga asanas, and is credited with developing an updated feline nutritional routine. Searching for a home near a river stocked…
At MLA ’14, we caught up with contest winner Dr. Jacquilyn Weeks, whose tagline “Writing Home” beautifully captured what it means to write, and write home, from a space that feels like your own.
Retired from San Francisco’s Exploratorium Museum, Ira Simmons and his wife split time between California and Kentucky, renting out their home to visiting academics they’ve come to know and enjoy.
Seasoned travelers Gordon and Althea Abraham split their time between volunteer teaching in Tanzania and renting their Australian home to fellow SabbaticalHomes members, building trusting friendships across the globe.
When Bonnie sublet her Cambridge apartment to a visiting scholar from England, she never expected to find a husband. Their SabbaticalHomes rental became the site’s first known engagement, with a wedding in Brighton to follow.
Author and longtime member Aylette Jenness discovers that her Cambridge tenant once lived in the same region of West Africa she did, sparking a chance reunion and a lasting friendship through SabbaticalHomes.com.
Two SabbaticalHomes members recount unexpected turns, Kathleen Adams’ 24-hour house sale and purchase, and Candace McCoy’s chance reconnection with a young scholar she’d known since childhood.
Seton Hill professor Lee Tobin McClain documented her sabbatical in a candid four-part series for The Chronicle of Higher Education, covering everything from early preparations to balancing writing with motherhood and the eventual return to teaching.