Welcome to my website. I am a writer, translator, and scholar. Browse around to find out more about the different types of work I do–writing, translation, and historical and literary research. You can download my CV here, check out some samples of my work below and on the blog posts page, and visit my other blog, tenthousandli.me, to read more of my writing on travel, art, and life. If you have any questions, please contact me at s.boyanton@yahoo.com.
January 6th: Business as Usual in the U.S. Capitol
I wrote this essay in the immediate aftermath of the January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol but was uncertain whether I should share it. Today, however, three weeks since that assault, it is all too clear that the public’s attention is already moving on. We are drifting into national forgetfulness, as we have done … More January 6th: Business as Usual in the U.S. Capitol