Mapping the Lost City: Daniel Alarcón
While writing Lost City Radio, Alarcón kept a map of Lima handy which he’d drawn over in marker, reinterpreting the city and renaming its districts.
View ArticleBelen, Peru
Belen is a barrio of Iquitos, Peru where the city spills out onto the surface of the Amazon River.
View ArticleUnderground America: Voices of the Undocumented
From McSweeney's Voice of Witness series, Underground America collects firsthand accounts from immigrants who have come in pursuit of a dream and found a complex, disturbing reality.
View ArticleVoices From Venezuela
New book delivers ground-level perspectives on the Bolivarian Revolution—in candid, concise, and inspiring narratives.
View ArticlePeru, Trade and the Amazon: An open letter to Nancy Pelosi
A letter to Nancy Pelosi about some issues in Peru that came to my attention when I was in Cuzco (reading, in bed, with altitude sickness).
View ArticleNotes From Barranco
Travel notes from my stay in Barranco, a neighborhood in Lima, Peru
View ArticleMuseum of the Inquisition, Lima
The most disturbing aspect of Peru's Museum of the Inquisition is that the crimes of the Catholic Church during the Inquisition served as a prototype for State terror practiced on a much more massive...
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