I am a retired US diplomat who served for 27 years in ten countries.  My interests include reading and writing SF, poetry, and music, and traveling and learning languages.  I speak Korean, Spanish and Thai.
  • JoinedJanuary 24, 2014



Stories by Jake Aller
New Religions for a New Era by JakeAller
New Religions for a New Era
my take on contemporary American religious landscape including my faith journey.
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Review of WIlla Cather's "My Antonio " by JakeAller
Review of WIlla Cather's "My Anton...
WIlla Cather's "My Atonio" is a classic novel about the life of immigrant settlers in the Nebraska...
ranking #147 in frontier See all rankings
Review of the Awakening by JakeAller
Review of the Awakening
the Awakening is a proto-feminist novel written at the turn of the 20th century dealing with a young married...
ranking #915 in novels See all rankings