Categoría: essay
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Creativity by María José Luque Fernández
A tinder spark ignites in our body, the flame turns into life, and the torrent of blood that runs through us in just 23 seconds, letting the heartbeat flow, marks the beginning of everything. That is where the capacity to make the world progress is born, the movement that may…
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Han Kang and the Silent Rebellion: when giving up meat becomes an existential cry by María José Luque Fernández
Sometimes life suddenly takes a turn and wakes you up just like that. You have a bad dream you can’t forget, that keeps grinding in your brain while you drink that coffee that’s supposed to wake you up. And the morning goes on, the afternoon passes, and you keep thinking…
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18 Nov. 1907: COMPAY SEGUNDO ‘s Birth by Luisa Zambrotta
Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz (18 November 1907 – 13 July 2003), known professionally as “Compay Segundo“, was a Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist He achieved great international fame in 1997, with the release of the Buena Vista Social Club album, and the film of the same title, made by Wim Wenders…
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Bitter and sweet by Susana Cabaço
When facing challenging situations, you may feel tempted to look back and conclude you have failed. You followed your intuition or your heart, but then you find yourself having less pleasant experiences. So, you assume you got it wrong and messed up your life through your “bad” choices. The truth…
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Halloween month… Book Review: Carmilla / J. Sheridan Le Fanu By Robbie Cheadle
Overview Carmilla is set in Austria during the late 1800s and is the original vampire story. Le Fanu’s writing is steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance as Carmilla, a female vampire who is later revealed to be Mircalla, Countess Karnstein, is a lesbian vampire and is romantically interested in…
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Review: Speak Flowers and Fans: A Dictionary of Floriography and Fanology (Author Tool Chest) / Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene by Olga Nuñez Miret
Hi, all: I bring you a non-fiction book by one of my favourite authors (and people). Speak Flowers and Fans: A Dictionary of Floriography and Fanology (Author Tool Chest) by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene How could flowers or hand-held fans be used as a means of covert communications? It sounds odd,…
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Steven Tyler
All art copyright Resa McConaghy By House of Heart (Published with your permission) Many thanks to our amazing artist, Resa McConahy, who’s gift of art captures the soul of her subjects. Born in Yonkers, New York, Steven Tyler began playing drums at a young age, eventually switching to vocals after…
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: The mystery of two endings —03 by Robbie Cheadle
Did you know that Charles Dickens re-wrote the ending of Great Expectations? He made this change after he’d submitted the final chapters to the printers in June 1861. He was apparently persuaded to make the change by a close friend who felt he should end the book in a way…
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Book Bans Hurt Education by Edward Ortiz
This is not the first time I’ve commented on book banning in this country and my frustration with this insanity. Trying to change history or pretending that current events are not occurring by banning books is not going to succeed now, just as it didn’t succeed during the many attempts…
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Review: The Stranger in My House / Judith Barrow by Olga Nuñez Miret
Hi, all: I bring you the review of a book by an author who is very well-known and respected, and whom I had the pleasure of meeting in person at a book fair many years ago. I’ve been meaning to read one of her novels for ages, and finally, this…
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: book overview part 2 by Robbie Cheadle
I recently re-read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, a book I read and loved as a pre-teen. This is part 2 of my overview of this famous novel. We left Pip in London, living between the homes of his tutor, Matthew Pocket, and Matthew’s son, Herbert Pocket, who is initially…
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A tiny drop of life by Susana Cabaço
Imagine countless drops of water flowing on a mighty, ceaseless river. Almost individually undistinguishable against the stream’s vastness and swiftness. Now, gain some spatiotemporal perspective and put yourself in their place. Humbling, is it not? You are but a tiny drop of life in the Great River of Existence. Nearly…
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: book overview part 1 by Robbie Cheadle
The second and third will be released successively every Friday (Editor’s note j, Ré Crivello) When I was a little girl of 8 years old, my sister, Hayley, was born. Hayley was a dreadful baby, she cried all the time, and she would not sleep, ever. My dad was sleeping…
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Review: An Unhappy Country: A Novel of Old New Mexico / Loretta Miles Tollefson By Olga Nuñez Miret
Hi, all: I bring you a book by an author who has become a favourite of mine, and I have been following her work since I met her through Rosie’s Book Review Team. Another winner! An Unhappy Country. A Novel of Old New Mexico by Loretta Miles Tollefson August 1846.…
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Review: The Lost Book of Zeroth / Barbara Harris Leonhard by Robbie Cheadle
Cover of The Lost Book of Zeroth by Barbara Harris Leonhard What Amazon says The Lost Book of Zeroth by Barbara Harris Leonhard is an unflinching, unconsciously poetic pull through the threads of time. Each page unfolds verses etched with sorrow, mischief, and raw transcendence. Leonhard masterfully stitches quantum images into…
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Review: Stupid Things…: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong by Steven Petrow
By Olga Nuñez Miret Hi, all: This is a non-fiction book by a well-known, although new to me, writer. I had to check it out when I read the title. Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our…
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