This week was the first that I’d heard of the undeserved death of a lecturer at my university that happened over ten years ago now. The reporting on it was extensive, but as all these articles were so focused on the spectacle of his death and the university’s response, I could not actually find anything … Continue reading Light-and-Easy Caldo Verde
Pillowey Conchas
This week I read a poem titled “El Beso” by Esther de Cáceres, from her 1963 book Los Cantos Del Destierro. Although she was Uruguayan, at the end of her life she fell sick and chose to spend her final days in Galicia, so the Galician cultural office has on their website a collection of … Continue reading Pillowey Conchas
Keith-As-Mother-Mary Pimientos de Padrón
Last week time shifted again. It was like slow motion. It was not the second week of post-daylight-savings in Europe, nor was it the fourth week of post-daylight-savings in the U.S., nor still was it the start of the sixteenth month of 2020. Instead, we were transported back to 2008, to the golden days of … Continue reading Keith-As-Mother-Mary Pimientos de Padrón



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