I am on writing residency for November and December, ’09 at the Santa Fe Art Insitute in New Mexico. Other artists and writers on residency include Jeesoo Lee, Pinar Yolacan, Karl Cronin, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, and Scott Bailey. Among the 12 residents this month we span the following countries in root and origin: Brazil, Turkey, Korea, Poland, Taiwan, Greece, and the USA.