Articles and Essays by Ken Foster
Essay: What Brought Me to the Voodoo Priestess
Essay: What Brought Me to the Voodoo Priestess
Essay: What Brought Me to the Voodoo Priestess
As my mother's battle with aplastic anemia came to a close, my father asked me to visit my neighbor, the voodoo priestess.
Interview with film director Barbet Schroeder
Essay: What Brought Me to the Voodoo Priestess
Essay: What Brought Me to the Voodoo Priestess
Back in 2001, I had the great opportunity to have a long discussion with Barbet Schroder about his film "La Virgen de los Sicarios."
Essay: The Year I Stayed Home with Dogs
Essay: What Brought Me to the Voodoo Priestess
Essay: The Year I Stayed Home with Dogs
Another essay about grief. And dogs. And what we can learn from how they find their place in our world.
Essay: I am Ironman with a pacemaker
Essay: I am Ironman with a pacemaker
Essay: The Year I Stayed Home with Dogs
A little bit of levity! This essay is all about how having a pacemaker makes me JUST LIKE IRONMAN.
Essay: New Orleans' Life As a Dog
Essay: I am Ironman with a pacemaker
Essay: New Orleans' Life As a Dog
This started as an essay about the oil spill, but the editor, Sarah Hepola, said "I feel like there's something else you aren't saying." More grieving.
Chasing Duque
Essay: I am Ironman with a pacemaker
Essay: New Orleans' Life As a Dog
In Costa Rica, I visited with organizations that were taking two different approaches to the problem of stray dogs: a sanctuary of castaways and a spay/neuter program that offered services on the streets.