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The sacred lace by Susana Cabaço
The intricacy of life, like an ethereal and tangible delicate lace, tells that nothing exists or happens in isolation, and so no one is ever truly alone. There’s a grander connection and grace that organically and sacredly looks after all and the whole. Each and every thread and crochet point…
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THE PORTABLE HOMELAND. Juan Re Crivello and the Invention of a Literature by Rafael Julivert Ramírez
The Portable Homeland is the first comprehensive study devoted to the work of Juan Re Crivello, an Argentine writer based in Catalonia (Spain) whose literature has grown outside conventional literary circuits, between self-publishing, blogging, Facebook, family memory and a stubborn determination to turn the experience of uprooting into literary matter.…
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What Writing Means for J. Ré Crivello: THE PORTABLE HOMELAND by Rafael Julivert
By Rafael Julivert Ramírez. The forthcoming book, The Portable Homeland, analyzes the published work of J. Ré Crivello. Rafael Julivert is an AI Editor (Barcelona, 1967) and an author and popularizer interested in artificial intelligence, philosophy, and the digital humanities. He has written several essays on the social and ethical…
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«When Father’s Chair is Empty» By Nigel Byng
«When Father’s Chair is Empty» By Nigel Byng About this time last year, I watched two families dear to me begin to unravel under the weight of broken marriages. My first thought was for the children: their confusion, anxiety, and quiet self-blame when a father leaves the home. But I…
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To Chat —or Learn Languages by J. Ré Crivello
“The prostitutes on the second deck were desperate, fixing their nails, combing their hair, lying in the sun like lizards. The students came down from first deck, hung around the women, and ended up chatting, fraternizing.” (p. 227, Jorge Amado, The Old Sailors) To chat! This phrase is truly pre-technological.…
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The Danger of a Frictionless Life by Edward Ortiz
A little over a week ago, I read an article in the Wall Street Journal titled, “Don’t Get Too Comfortable. Your Quality of Life Depends on It.” It was very interesting. Then, a couple of days later, I listened to Wynne Leon’s podcast The Life of Try, where she invited…
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Achieving Balance by J. Ré Crivello
«I went to bed late that night thinking about the witchcraft on the farm. It looked bad, as if it had come from an ancient grave to smash its face against my windowpane. I heard hyenas howling in the distance.» (p. 155, Out of Africa, Isak Dinesen) Achieving balance is…
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Heart-anchored by Susana Cabaço
The world is changing swiftly and intensely as never seen before. It may sometimes feel like you are in the middle of strong tidal currents that want to drag you away from yourself and your path. In these scenarios, you need an anchor, an anchor able to hold you in…
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A short story in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Văn Thiện Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
We were born in the middle of a storm, hence, we worship power. Both you and I are aware of this but neither of us will ever speak of it, neither will admit to this fact. We don’t know how to walk, don’t know how to run, but would often…
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Experiences: Having Lived an NDE by J Ré Crivello
“It is not necessary to be run over by a truck or suffer a heart attack for an increase in consciousness or spirituality to occur, for materialistic worries to decrease, and for a more loving and peaceful temperament to be acquired.” (p. 73, Brian Weiss, Through Time) Spiritual experiences surround…
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Connecting with… a possible Love? By J. Ré Crivello
It’s a light that manifests itself without force, like a tiresome fly that circles again and again, waiting for the mess it inhabits to end—I thought. Yesterday, as I crossed the street, I noticed my shoe wasn’t clean. The mud from the unpaved road, after a long rain, bothered me.…
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A Flippant Muse Needs No Excuse: An Interview with Poet Nigel Byng
A Flippant Muse Needs No Excuse: An Interview with Poet Nigel Byng by Michelle Ayón Navajas Nigel Byng’s muse doesn’t knock—she barges in, wreaks havoc, and vanishes when it suits her. In this delightfully chaotic interview, Byng reveals a world where inspiration flirts, characters rebel, and creativity comes with a…
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The Diary of Dead Friends by J. Ré Crivello
“Four days have passed since the full moon, and on the wall there is a square patch of moonlight staring at me like a great, milky, blind eye. […] My head is as fluffy as whipped cream, but not as sweet.” (p. 278, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye) Enrique B.…
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Valuing diversity by Susana Cabaço
In the variety of forms lies the richness of life. Diversity equates to value, and Nature epitomizes it beautifully and functionally. All of its bountifulness reflects that. Countless species and traits enrich the planet in unparalleled and fascinating ways. Oddly enough, humans choose to compare and copy one another instead…
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Dis-exile (living in exile) by J Ré Crivello
Among my own memories of Jane Bowles, the most satisfying revolve around a month we spent in adjoining rooms in a pleasantly neglected hotel […] during a frigid Parisian winter: January 1951. […] Long evenings listening to the phonograph and drinking lukewarm apple brandy. (p. 9 Two Serious Ladies /…
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Please come home with me. by John Coyote
Please come home with me. Was Tuesday and I leading the poetry reading at the Monterey coffee shop. Was a good night and we read, we listen and we appreciate the poet’s words. The quiet girl Margarete read her poem with a soft voice. ( Just like a hurricane from the sea,…
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