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    The Brimming Void
    The Brimming Void
    The Brimming Void
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    The Brimming Void

    By Pamela Olson

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    Pamela J. Olson grew up in small-town Oklahoma and studied physics at Stanford University. After graduating, she bartended and traveled, winding up at a Russian summer camp on the Black Sea, in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, and working for a Palestinian presidential candidate in Ramallah. She now lives in New York and published her first book, Fast Times in Palestine, in May 2011. (www.pamolson.org)

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    PublisherPamela Olson
    Release dateAug 9, 2011
    ISBN9781466002098
    The Brimming Void
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    Pamela Olson

    Pamela Olson grew up in small-town Oklahoma and studied physics and political science at Stanford University, class of 2002. She lived in Ramallah, Palestine for two years, during which she served as head writer and editor for the Palestine Monitor and as foreign press coordinator for Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi's 2005 presidential campaign. She's published stories and articles in CounterPunch, Electronic Intifada, Israel's Occupation Magazine, and The Stanford Magazine among other publications. In January of 2006 she moved to Washington, DC and worked at a Defense Department think tank to try to bring what she had learned to the halls of power. She eventually became disillusioned with the prospect of changing Washington from the inside, and in 2007, she left DC and started writing Fast Times in Palestine. She lives in New York now, and her book was published in May 2011.

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      The Brimming Void - Pamela Olson

      The Brimming Void

      Art and Poetry by

      Pamela J. Olson

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2011 Pamela J. Olson

      Other Books by Pamela J. Olson

      Fast Times in Palestine

      Siberian Travels

      Tribute for Ronan

      Camp Golden Shaft

      The Fable of Megastan

      Visit www.pamolson.org or my

      Smashwords profile to learn more

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Cold River Drops

      Merced River, California, Summer 1999

      Siwa Twilight

      Siwa Oasis, Egypt, Fall 2003

      Rum Night

      Wadi Rum, Jordan, Summer 2003

      Despair

      Stanford, California, Spring 2004

      Promontory Sunset

      Novomikhailovsky Beach, Russia, Summer 2003

      Working Sundays

      Palo Alto, California, Winter 2004

      Born Homeless (a song)

      Jayyous, Palestine, Fall 2003

      Dahab Mountains

      Dahab, Sinai, Egypt, 23 Sept 2003

      Burn Poem

      Stanford, California, 1999

      Clouds

      Novomikhailovsky, Russia, Summer 2003

      The Poet’s Price

      Palestine, Fall 2009

      Ajnabiya in Palestine

      Palestine, Fall 2009

      Coral Wave

      Dahab, Sinai, Egypt, Fall 2003

      Hilltop Veranda

      Jayyous, Palestine, Autumn 2004

      Hope

      Plane from Chicago to SF, Spring 2006

      Wander

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