THE POWER OF ENDURANCE–OR SURVIVAL ACROSS THE AGES
Growing up in Argentina, my literary diet consisted of a rich and diverse menu of Spanish, German, American and British authors. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and Juan Ramon Jimenez populated my bookshelf with illustrated volumes of Don Quixote and Platero y Yo, respectively. Joanna Spyri cultivated in me an awe for the Swiss Alps in…
READING RILKE
Spending this sultry summer afternoon reading Letters to a Young Poet, by Rainer Maria Rilke. At times, it feels as if these letters had been written directly to me. Like when he says: "You are looking outside, and that's what you should most avoid doing right now. [...] There is only one thing you should…
LINKS TO ENJOY
POEM: THREE SISTERS by Alexandra Goodwin This poem first appeared in the NLAPW Pen Women Poem of the Week in May 2015. Follow the link below to read it: http://www.nlapw.org/2015/06/04/poem-of-the-week-three-sisters-and-the-light-between-us/ POEM: TIERRA DE MIS ANCESTROS Originally published in March 2015 in citaenlasdiagonales.com. Read
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