{"id":173,"date":"2024-08-08T20:26:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T20:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redesign.visualspring.net\/varga\/home\/"},"modified":"2024-09-12T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T16:00:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/redesign.visualspring.net\/varga\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meet<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Michael Varga<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Author. Playwright. Actor. Diplomat.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

My journey has crossed many borders and I have tried to be a storyteller wherever I am. From growing up in Philadelphia to a stint in the Peace Corps in Africa to various assignments as a Foreign Service Officer, I have always found aspects of other cultures that fascinate me. Often, that is what I am writing about. More recently, diagnosed with cancer, I have had to focus more narrowly on my health, but I continue to write and find new ways to share my story. There are short stories and essays here that you can read for free. Or, you can order my novel,\u00a0<\/span>Under Chad\u2019s Spell<\/em><\/a>, from Amazon. I am working on the sequel.<\/div>
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Photo: Michael in Hawaii on the Haleakala Volcano summit for sunrise in 2019.<\/div><\/div><\/section>

Michael's Writing<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Thank you for visiting my website. I appreciate your interest in my work.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

\"Essays\"<\/span><\/div>
\"Essays\"<\/span><\/div>

Essays<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Published essays widely shared<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>

\"Reflections\"<\/span><\/div>
\"Reflections\"<\/span><\/div>

Reflections<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Personal blogs posts, exclusively published here<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>

\"Poetry\"<\/span><\/div>
\"Poetry\"<\/span><\/div>

Poetry<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Poems by Michael<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>

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\"Short<\/span><\/div>

Short Stories<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Published fiction<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>

\"Book\"<\/span><\/div>
\"Book\"<\/span><\/div>

Book<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Self published novel, available on Amazon<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

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Most Recently Published<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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September 11, 2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

When You\u2019re An Outlier<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>

Often the word \u201coutlier\u201d is used in cancer treatment to describe a patient who beats the odds and lives longer than expected. Those...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Essays<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>
\"Featured<\/span><\/a><\/div>
September 3, 2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Bunny on Wilton Drive<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>

A sculptor shares his Thunder Bunny. The Blueness of it hints of hidden graces. Pedestrians pass it daily, hardly looking, And to them,...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Poetry<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>
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June 17, 2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

When A Government Totters<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>

In the middle of an exam, my Chadian students suddenly stood up and fled my classroom. A minute before, they had seen through...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Essays<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MeetMichael VargaAuthor. Playwright. Actor. Diplomat.My journey has crossed many borders and I have tried to be a storyteller wherever I am. From growing up in Philadelphia to a stint in the Peace Corps in Africa to various assignments as a Foreign Service Officer, I have always found aspects of other cultures that fascinate me. Often, that is what I am … <\/p>\n

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