Journey to Cuetzalan

June 18, 2022.Reading time 14 minutes.

Rain brought back memories that weren’t actually mine, including how my father ate fried ants in his native sierra.

The Assassination of João Gordo

December 18, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

When a tree is cut down in order to intimdate certain people, it is called an “assassination”.

To find a needle in a HAYMARKET

May 1, 2022.Reading time 28 minutes.

Was it a Riot, a Massacre, an Affair, or a Tragedy? I questioned. Considering today is International Labor Day, I have an important reflection when on a Chicago scavenger hunt to find a statue.

O Assassinato de João Gordo

March 14, 2022.Reading time 29 minutes.

Há dois crimes ligados em minha mente: o assassinato de Marielle Franco e o caso de João Gordo. Para mim o primeiro não foi um homicídio comum, assim como o segundo não foi apenas um crime ambiental cometido para se usar a madeira. Creio que os dois tenham sido abatidos por uma razão muito – mas muito – parecida.

Book Review: “Soul Mountain” by Gao Xingjian

February 15, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

More a survey of China than the exhausting search for the Self, what will remain is some of the most beautiful prose I’ve encountered.

Book review: “Spies” by Marcel Beyer

February 15, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

A poet, Marcel Beyer’s prose lyrically paints what the children invent, since they cannot see the insides and outsides of the tragic love story that uncovers why they have dark eyes.

Anar, my love.

December 23, 2021.Reading time 11 minutes.

There is a story behind why the name of my favorite fruit rolls off my tongue in neither English nor Spanish.

Ludovica and the Art of Yoga

October 17, 2021.Reading time 34 minutes.

More than the story of how the press never discovered Ludovica’s scandal, my story is one about ageing. About ethics. But more importantly, it is about how the vision of Yoga is transformational.

Ludovica e a Arte do Yoga

October 17, 2021.Reading time 34 minutes.

Mais do que a história de como a imprensa nunca descobriu sobre o escândalo de Ludovica, minha história fala sobre envelhecimento. Sobre ética. Porém, mais importante, sobre como a visão do Yoga é transformadora.

Chicago stories

August 4, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

How some things change and other things never change strikes me every time I return to the streets of my hometown.