Catherine T DavidsonTeaching Utopia after the ElectionOnce again, my husband and I had the conversation:Nov 8Nov 8
Catherine T DavidsonWords for the SilencedOn March 11, I sat in an audience of people spilling out of a gallery room at Regent’s University in London, listening to Nazanin…Mar 21Mar 21
Catherine T DavidsoninExiled Writers InkLonging at a London Arts CentreIt was a rainy Thursday in the middle of October. If you believe in energy fields, you could say that the whole city of London was subdued…Oct 27, 2023Oct 27, 2023
Catherine T DavidsonHanif Kureishi & Me“Have you read Hanif Kureishi’s blog?” my friend Maryam asked me in January, on one of our occasional former roommate calls, checking in…Sep 22, 2023Sep 22, 2023
Catherine T DavidsoninILLUMINATIONNature Table with Sue Perkins, BBC Four Extra (Poem)June 21 2023Jun 21, 2023Jun 21, 2023
Catherine T DavidsonReading in the FamilyMy mother had too many books in her house in Los Angeles. In London, I am the same. I try my best to clear them out regularly, taking them…May 12, 2023May 12, 2023
Catherine T DavidsonIn Madrid, Thinking About UnionsAs soon as I got off the plane in Madrid, I felt the sadness of our national divorce. I was coming in to spend the weekend with my American…Apr 23, 2023Apr 23, 2023
Catherine T DavidsonNotes from Now: Travelling to Newcastle with Iris DeMentOn the train ride from London to Newcastle, listening to the new Iris DeMent album, her first song, Workin’on a World, filled me. The…Mar 3, 2023Mar 3, 2023
Catherine T DavidsoninWriters in the Dark LondonPathetic Fallacy is Real: Our April 1st Writing in the Dark ExerciseThe first day of April in London was like the last day in March: a blindingly bright blue sky crossed with suddenly dark clouds, snow…Apr 4, 2022Apr 4, 2022
Catherine T DavidsoninWriters in the Dark LondonZuihitsu: text that drifts like a cloudOutside the window the sky a fast-changing sequence of cloud, dark and light, and bright, blue sky. The wind swishes the tall underwater…Feb 18, 2022Feb 18, 2022