Pink Flamingos: Discovering Celestún
“On Wednesdays we wear pink”
–Yucatán, probably.
A Constellation of Words: The Luminaries
An intricate mystery set in New Zealand’s Gold Rush.
Rediscovering My Hometown
When I was in kindergarten, the local government of León, my hometown in Mexico, bought the land my school was on and we had to leave. Staff and students helped…
“The World Was Hers For The Reading”: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
In 1943, Betty Smith published what would become her most famous work and one of the most representative pieces of American literature. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* was an instant…
Hidden Corners of Mexico City
About a year ago, when I was still living in Mexico City, a friend and I found ourselves in what seemed to be a small town in the middle of…
