From time to time I’ve learned how some readers of The Book of Mev recognize themselves in Mev Puleo’s words, say, from her letters and journals. They remind of the French novelist Marcel Proust, who…
Wednesday 1 July 2015 Dear Isabel End of page 12 and all of page 13 You WERE paralyzed with fear. Fear comes and goes. You can write anything you want. You can go outside the…
It’s a book about living and loving and losing and being human through all of it—thank you for helping me accept more of my own humanity. —Cami Kasmerchak I’ve often noticed how many readers recognize…
Latin America Reading Group Eduardo Galeano’s The Book of Embraces Thursday 27 June 2013 Café Ventana, 8:00 p.m Suggestions for Discussion, Musings, Debates What’s a favorite chapter? Read it aloud to us. What’s a favorite…
1. Costa’s a film producer A Spanish gantser macher He can feel good about himself By helping the idealistic director Sebastian To realize his dream of making a revisionist movie About those dissident, trouble-making priests…