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Nora James Li

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5d ago

Poverty Is a Crime

50 million Europeans, the invisible face of poverty, and the question of who is responsible.

A grey concrete residential building beneath an overcast white sky.

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Pen With Paper

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Nora James Li

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Oct 22

Where Are We Running?

A rushed commute, a stranger outside a refugee office, and a moment of attention.

A woman in a dark coat walks among commuters on a sunlit city sidewalk near a metro entrance.

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Modern Women

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Nora James Li

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Oct 15

The Loneliness of Corporate Enthusiasm

An entire room celebrated what AI could replace. I kept thinking about the people who would have to live with it.

The Loneliness of Corporate Enthusiasm

Nora James Li

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Jun 30

The Images in My Head Are Italian: Writing as an ESL Author in the Age of AI Detectors

On Writing in a Language That Wasn’t Born With Me

A close-up of a fountain pen resting on a handwritten notebook, bathed in soft morning light, symbolizing the authentic and personal journey of a writer.

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COLUMNS STORY

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Nora James Li

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May 13

The Work That Counts, but Doesn’t Pay

Invisible work and the time that officially doesn’t exist

Person sitting at a desk with a laptop and documents, hands covering their face during work.

Nora James Li

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Apr 22

When Everything Is Urgent, Nothing Gets Done at Work

How Meetings, Interruptions, and Perceived Urgency Fragment Your Time

Empty office meeting room, a visual metaphor for time occupied by meetings and the absence of real work.

Nora James Li

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Apr 12

I Don’t Know How to Do Nothing Anymore

Learning Niksen, the Dutch Art of Rest in a World That Never Stops

I Don’t Know How to Do Nothing Anymore

Nora James Li

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Apr 5

Chapter IV: The Weight of Devotion

A July Procession in the Heart of Southern Italy

Narrow stone alley in a traditional Italian village with laundry hanging between houses in the summer sun.

Nora James Li

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Mar 29

Chapter III: The Severed Braid

The Quiet Ceremony of Renunciation

A silhouette of a veiled figure standing before a vibrant, arched stained-glass window in a dark church.

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Mar 22

Chapter II: The Weight of Sundays

Between the strike of the hoe and the toll of the church bells

Silhouettes of two historic bell towers against a deep gold and orange sunset sky. The atmosphere is solemn and rural, evoking the early 20th-century Italian landscape.

Nora James Li

Nora James Li

Personal essays on life, work, and ancestral threads. Exploring the weight of generational trauma and the courage to break the chain.

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