The compulsive display of lives undone was what brought me back to the Museo de la Revolución. Early on, I’d checked it off my list of sights seen along with the Museums of Coins, of Cards, of Dance, of Tobacco. One afternoon, I found myself again entering the former...
A blonde teenage relation of mine has been able to pretty herself out of a number of moving and other violations; the officers, apparently, can’t bring themselves to ticket her. Of course hair color is not the sole mitigating circumstance; the girl was wearing a...
That’s what Mia, the protagonist of Mockingbird, is. Whether or not she’s justified in lying, cheating and stealing is up to you. I’ve been fascinated to hear responses from readers: some see a rich white lady going down to a poor, brown country and...
For beautifully hosted Mockingbird events & launches, thank you to the Miami Book Fair International, Books & Books, Mitchell Kaplan; Village Books in Fairhaven, Chuck & Dee Robinson; The People’s Co-op Bookstore in Vancouver; TYPE Books in Toronto;...
