Archive for 'December,2011'
A Literary Christmas
by Julia Hones “A Literary Christmas” is an anthology of twenty-seven stories that share the spirit of Christmas, and, as we read them, we are invited to lurk in the intimate lives of people during this [...]
Juan
by Seraphina Malinche Juan chose not to see me, not to hear me speak and to shut me out of his world. His decisions drive his reality and he chose to not let me be [...]
Apple Fritter and a Single Rose
by Donal Mahoney After 30 years together, Carol tells me late one evening in the manner of a quiet wife that I have yet to write a poem about her, something she will never understand in [...]
Sunset Sueños
by Jason McAnuff The author describes this poem as a dialogue between two opposing life directions. To believe the world is inside you and dedicate yourself to the development of the self as the Gita teaches. Or to [...]
Ben Yagoda’s “About Town : The New Yorker and The World It Made”
Today we reflect upon the greatest of literary magazines “The New Yorker” and one of its editors. While even Atlantic has stopped publishing fiction of any kind and cut its article length “The New Yorker” still [...]
Remembering Vaclav Havel
Vaclav Havel died today. For those of you who don’t know who he is or know who he is and wish to reflect upon the man we are reprinting here a review of his work “Disturbing [...]
Freedom is a fragile word
by Julia Hones It did not matter to me that I’d be sharing the bathroom with fifteen others, nor did I care about sleeping in a room with five women I’d never met before. The plan was [...]
Netflix Online Movie Streaming Service Expands to South America
Netflix, the on-line movie rental business, has launched their offering here in Chile at netflix.cl and across Latin America. For $3,790 chilean pesos per month their subscribers can view as many of the netflix movies and television [...]
How to Buy Real Estate in Chile
This article is an explanation of how to buy real estate in Chile. I am going to explain this by way of an example from my own personal experience, so you can consider this accurate because [...]
Ward Four
By Tunji Ajibade Comments on the internet on Uzziah Demeni were about the prize, and now Demeni’s response to the comments made references to the man in the hospital room with me. He could have been [...]
The Gringo and the Harvest
Fernando Botero’s paintings of torture at Abu Ghraib prison
Thought-provoking...
Give me a Grandparent
I am blessed with 7 grandchildren. I am making copies of this poem t
Give me a Grandparent
As I spend more and more time with more and more wonderfully different
George Orwell’s other Novels
In Latin America, kids don't read Orwell. I wish they did.
George Orwell’s other Novels
Animal Farm and 1984 are about any kind of dictatorship, not just comm