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Talia Marshall on Whaea Blue

Fiction
Talia Marshall's debut book Whaea Blue (2024) is a force of nature. Abandoning neutral expressions of praise, New Zealand's reviewers have spoken of it in tones of dazed warning: the book is 'stunning', 'haunted', and 'alarming in its honesty'. But while it has its wild moments, it also has notes of humour and gentleness, 'whaea' means mother or aunty...
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Every Little Spludge of My Heart

Americas
As soon as we arrived in Argentina I signed up for Patagonia Run 2019, a marathon in the near San Martín de Las Andes...
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Temple of Dragons

Americas
"A dragon is no idle fancy. Whatever may be his origins, in fact or invention, the dragon in legend is a potent creation of...
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Violets on the Devil’s Poncho

Americas
One of my Facebook friends mentioned the existence of some beautiful old confiterias in Buenos Aires. A confiteria (as I learned from Merriam Webster)...
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Tiger’s Milk and the President Who Must Not Be Named

Americas
“Until I tried Peruvian, I didn’t realize how bad Argentine food was,” said our friend (a Buenos Aires native). This is not the first...
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(Backwards) Light on Latin America at MALBA

Americas
Hungry for art and lunch, John and I decided to go to MALBA (Museo de Arte de Latinamericano de Buenos Aires). Because I run...
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How to Make Your Jardín Japonés

Americas
When we told the taxi driver “Jardín Japonés,” he put the pedal to the metal and zoomed. Everyone knows the Japanese Garden in Bueños...
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Art at the Foodcourt

Americas
You never know when you'll trip over a chunk of fine art here in Bueños Aires. Last week we were in the city center...
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Eight Great Books by Wandering Women

Memoir
You can’t beat a good travel story. In your mind’s eye, you may be stubbing your toe on an armadillo and getting gangrene after...
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War’s End: Goodbye Bruno

Heroes
Then from the dawn it seem’d there came, but faint As from beyond the limit of the world, Like the last echo born of a great...
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Loose Cannons in San Telmo

Americas
On Sunday, Gabriel’s last day in Bueños Aires, we all decided to go on a little outing. I doubt he knew the risk he...
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Montevideo and the Get-Out-Of-Pain Campaign

Americas
On Friday John and I decided to go for a weekend trip to Montevideo, the capital city of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Montevideo...
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Remembering the Disappeared

Americas
On Friday, seeing as we had our brilliant friend and Argentine native Gabriel Uriarte on hand as a docent, we headed along to the...
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I’m Katherine Dolan, mystery writer, traveler, & language-lover.

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