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Oct.13.2008
A special thanks to all those who said hello, who attended one of the panels on which I participated, who stopped by to have a book signed, or who just took the time to say hello at the Baltimore edition of Bouchercon (my first swing at this crime fiction version of Pamplona).
Thanks also to all...
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Oct.08.2008
War and cameras have often reflected each other.
When I saw the first few photos in Gerda Taro's exhibit earlier this year at the International Center of Photography in Manhattan -- and viewing them again in the book Gerda Taro, recently published by ICP -- I was especially taken by one that is...
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Sep.23.2008
Today's one of those days when I love living in Europe. Here are five things I love about Madrid:
1. The smell of the air from dusk to dawn. It smells of rain and autumn and orange blossom all in one, and it floats through my big square windows like a secret just for me.
2. Young children,...
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Jul.30.2008
Book Synopsis:
Juana of Castile, the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit her country's throne, has been for centuries and enigmatic figure shrouded in lurid myth. Was she the berefet widow of legend who was driven mad by her loss, or has history misjudged a woman who was ahead of her time? In...
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Mar.05.2008
Why," someone asked me, "do you want to walk 500 miles across Spain?” "Why," my mother asks, "do you walk when you can ride?" Why, when easy travel to exotic or distant places is readily available to most of us, would someone choose to spend a major portion of their...
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Dec.21.2007
"Manolo, señor."
The waiter had brought Bea and me a glass each of sauvignon blanc, and after responding to my question about his name, he stepped back a bit and welcomed us to Buenos Aires. He was a celebratory man, holding his arms out for a moment as he looked out the window onto calle...
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