The Brimming Void

By Pamela Olson

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)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pamela Olson
• Release date: Aug 8, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466002098

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

Art and Poetry by

Pamela J. Olson

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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

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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