LETTERS FROM BERLIN is our American abroad column by Annie Mark-Westfall
Now more than ever, particularly in this age of Trump, is America’s relationship with the rest of the world under the microscope.
In her column, Annie Mark-Westfall examines this relationship with a personal, thoughtful, and witty observational look at life as an American living in Europe.
Annie Mark-Westfall graduated from Kenyon College in Ohio. As a former Fulbright grantee and Robert Bosch Foundation fellow, she views herself as a cultural ambassador. Her day job is with an international conservation organization.
Letters from Berlin
Annie Mark-Westfall on acknowledging the privilege and blessing of the coronavirus vaccines
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Annie Mark-Westfall on pandemic emotions and waiting for normal life to be reborn
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Annie Mark-Westfall on accepting the depths and the darkness of the last year in order to move towards healing
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Annie Mark-Westfall on the echoes of history and the lessons to be learned to build a better post-Covid world
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Annie Mark Westfall on the privilege and pain of being an American in Berlin during the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Annie Mark-Westfall on managing multiple roles in lockdown and adapting to a ‘new normal’
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Annie Mark-Westfall on connecting with her family’s past while settling into an unknown future
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Annie Mark-Westfall on connections with family present and past and striving towards a better future
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Annie Mark-Westfall on childhood fears and innocence and fighting for a better future
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Annie Mark-Westfall on a life of striving, on being a foreigner in a foreign land and the true meaning of home
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Annie Mark-Westfall on why summer 2019 was the end of her honeymoon phase with Berlin
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Annie Mark-Westfall on the abortion debate in the US and Europe and the woman’s right to choose
