I’m interested in what place says about us – interview in the Gulf Times

This fall, I had the luck and honor to get to go to Qatar and teach and give a lecture as part of VCU Qatar’s Crossing Boundaries series. I got to take people on a journey from my office and the kingfisher in the stream behind it and talk about art, theft, war, drones, the landscape, snow and curiosity. It was a voyage from rural upstate New York through all the things that fascinate me. Oh and if you click the link, the cutout photo in the Gulf Times makes me look like I’ve got a halo...

In Anand Holla's interview with me about writing and essays in the Gulf Times he writes, “For American essayist-writer Jennifer Kabat, writing is the definitive means to process the world. The fact that she is exceedingly good at it merely stokes the fire of her unwavering fascination and deep-running curiosity for subjects that range from rural life to contemporary art — and occasionally, as Kabat puts it, ‘the two together.’” You can read it here.