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My Google Maps Piece is up

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

As noted earlier, I wrote a piece for The Atlantic, using Google Maps. It was a highly complex project and difficult to execute–I wrote pithy listings for some 125 spots all over the world. I also provided the client with … Continue reading →

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Reading in Union Sq Today

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

Park-Lit has a simple concept: writers read from their work,  outside, in a public park. Today at 6:30 on the 21st, Guernica (in association with Park-Lit and Open City magazine) will be having a reading in Union Square Park. (On … Continue reading →

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My Posted Clips

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

Just moved into my new site, meakinarmstrong.com. Continue reading →

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Reading: Freerange Nonfiction, May 5th

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

I’ll be reading at the Freerange Nonfiction series this May 5th. I’ll be reading from something new: an essay about a particularly horrible event that happened to me when I was much younger: I interrupted a roommate who’d captured another, … Continue reading →

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Blogging: A Return to TheAtlantic.com

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

For the next few weeks, I’ll be blogging for The Atlantic on environmental issues. So far, the favorite thing I’ve written about is the “sky farm”–a skyscraper that’s filled with crops, not people. They can grow enough in one of … Continue reading →

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Blogging: On Davos for TheAtlantic.com

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

I’m writing about the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, from a small-business perspective. I’m doing two posts a day, for the length of the meeting. Here are my posts Update: The Atlantic redesigned their site, and unfortunately, my postings … Continue reading →

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ASSME: a site I’ve been writing for

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Meakin Armstrong

I’ve been participating in a community blog, for the group, ASSME (American Society of Shit-Canned Media Elites). They’re at assme.org I’ve written several entries so far. The latest one I posted today. It’s a long piece I wrote that I … Continue reading →

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An Imaginary South: Advance Publicity for the Museyon book

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Meakin Armstrong

So says the blog entry: The American South is deeply tied-up in mythology. While onscreen it’s immortalized in classics like Gone With The Wind — a film shot in California and starring a British actress — the real South is … Continue reading →

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