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The Peace Journalism Project:

Writing about War and Peace,

Lyric Essays & Literary Nonfiction

from the Land West of Long Mountain

 

 

An Open Letter to My Fellow Americans

· An Appeal Against Partisanship in America and Against War with Iran in Asia ·

In this open letter and peace essay composed in January 2020, author Joseph Modugno makes an appeal against partisanship in America and against war with Iran in Asia. At the dawn of the new decade, Joseph calls on his country and on humanity to give up fear and forever war and to put our great faith and deep belief as human beings not in the force of war but in the power of peace.

Ultimately and finally, though: this long, lyric essay and open letter aspires to inspire humanity, all human beings on earth, to shrug off the shackles of ignorance and fear and the manacles of war and violence, to let go of hate and fear and pursue enlightenment, wisdom, open-heartedness and our higher moral genius and cosmic consciousness by practicing the way of the white clouds, by daring to embark on the eternal hero’s journey, and by celebrating and singing out of our collective ecstatic love the poetic praise of everything under the sun.

Welcome to the Land West of Long Mountain Project

· A Summertime Greeting from Gansu ·

“Welcome to the Land West of Long Mountain Project.” Dispatch No. 1: Some Notes on Travelling and Storytelling, and an Aspiration Statement from the Author for the Project. Readers will learn more about Joseph Modugno, and the roots of the Land West of Long Mountain Project are discussed and explored. “Portraits of Asia: 2009-2019,” a collection of photographs from Western China, Central and Southeast Asia and the Greater Himalaya is also shared in a bright and colorful mosaic gallery, along with pictures of Joseph’s own decade of travel in Asia and his life in Gansu.

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