Nadine Bjursten

Nadine Bjursten spent nearly a decade writing about, traveling in, and researching Iran, both its rich cultural history and its political history. Before that she was Managing Editor of the Washington, DC-based journal Arms Control Today, press officer at the Global Security Institute and well before that, editor of the La Paz-based newspaper Bolivian Times. She now lives in Lund, Sweden, with her husband and twin daughters.

What Sets Us Apart

One good story is a little like planting one alder tree. The soil-enriching alder is not the first tree you notice in an area, nor are socially engaged stories the quick, sensationalist reads that grab the top spot on bestseller lists. Their value is deeper than that.
They are the kind of books that hit you in that soft spot. Maybe you close your eyes. Maybe you turn the book over in your lap. The book has brought you to a new, unexpected place, and like a good friend, it will stay with you long after the last word has been read.

Nadine Bjursten

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What Sets Us Apart

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