Years ago, when she resided in Florence, Italy, Nyman used that opportunity to visit most of Europe and the Middle East where she scaled bell towers, mountains, and other structures of great height. Nyman has published work on Dorothy Richardson, Virginia Woolf, Radclyffe Hall, Frida Kahlo, Jacques Derrida, Mary Ann Caws, Julie Taymor, and American Indian spirituality. Currently, she is working on a book on Sue Grafton’s Alphabet Series and articles on the graphic novelist Dame Darcy and the late Swedish writer Stieg Larrson. Most evenings, Nyman can be found at Musha Dojo, working towards her Black Belts in Chendokan Akido and Arnis. During late June and early July of most years, she participates in a yearly Sundance ceremony in the White Mountains of Arizona.