by Cara Clatanoff | Aug 11, 2016 | Peru, Poetry, South America
A poem in Quechua and Spanish reflecting on time in Cusco, Peru. Style inspired by poetry in Pink Reef by Robert Fernandez. ñañay, noqa yana kashani, una pequeña estrella brillante con el guiño de la noche, guiño de la noche de la pequeña estrella...
by Greg Donohoe | Jul 28, 2016 | Colombia, South America, Stories
In September 2015 I spent two weeks in Cali, Colombia, on a Fulbright-sponsored project, visiting the Universidad del Valle (University of the Valley). Nicknamed Univalle, the university is named for the Cauca River Valley in the western part of the country. The...
by Kendra Poole | Jun 17, 2016 | Peru, South America, Stories
October 28, 2015 Today I climbed Machu Picchu Mountain. Yesterday I drank about seven hundred gallons of chilcanos and made out with a Colombian. We had a fine time, but today I was glad to be left alone to wander. The romanticized vision I had of experiencing the...
by David Poole | Jun 16, 2016 | Guatemala, South America, Stories
At most any time of the week, the plaza at the center of the town of Antigua, Guatemala would have been abuzz with activity. How many times over the several days since arriving had I been approached by shoe-shine boys begging to polish my shoes (in spite of the fact...
