Smudged Margins

What are smudged margins? In school, they were located at the edge of all the notebook pages stained with graphite from my left hand. In books and articles, they are the imaginary platform where I converse with writers. Smudged margins are points of contact between what was, what is, and what could be. They are reminders that “complete” projects remain alive to critique, inspiration, and reinvention.

Welcome to my platform, where you can take note of my projects and send me your questions.

Angeline Peterson is a content producer, translator, and scholar. She was born in the Philippines and raised in Moscow, Idaho. Angeline received her bachelor of arts from the oldest liberal arts institution in Wisconsin, Beloit College, where she studied anthropology with a focus in museum studies and French. After teaching English in France and serving in AmeriCorps as a literacy tutor in Colorado, she returned to complete her master of arts in African Languages & Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Angeline is currently the social media coordinator for the African literary website, Brittle Paper, and adjunct French faculty at Palomar College.

From the Philippines to Idaho and California, Angeline’s movements mirror those of Carlos Buloson, an early 20th century Filipino activist and author of America is in the Heart. (Bulosan hopped trains, harvested food, and learned to read, write, and advocate for Filipino American laborers in three cities that I also call home: Moscow, Oxnard, and San Diego. Like him, I am deeply touched and influenced by my local landscape, wherever that happens to be. Just one of my many dreams is to adapt his beloved book into a screenplay).

Services

Copy Writing

Website, Creative & Social Media

Content Production

Instagram, Facebook, TikTok & X

Translation

English, French & Arabic