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No debe volver a pasar

Recuerdo una imagen. Viajaba en autobús de Santo Domingo a San Pedro. Pasábamos por el peaje; me gusta ver las tonalidades de azul y verde que tiene el Mar Caribe en el parque nacional submarino La Caleta, justo frente al peaje. Una mano en el cristal del vehículo me...

Jean Claude

They decided to bathe me. And I resisted. For thirty years, I have walked through the streets of my town carrying my backpack full of odds and ends, sleeping in the best corner the night clears for me, my body smeared with oil—but never bothering anyone. Since I lost...

Certainty (Certeza)

Certainty Like the one that, with dark clouds,Announces the downpour.Like the aura before the convulsion,The heat before the tremor.Like my eyes, before the alarm clock rings.Like wet flowers in the morning… without rain.The smell of earth on the first of May.The...
No debe volver a pasar

No debe volver a pasar

Recuerdo una imagen. Viajaba en autobús de Santo Domingo a San Pedro. Pasábamos por el peaje; me gusta ver las tonalidades de azul y verde que tiene el Mar Caribe en el parque nacional submarino La...

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Jean Claude

Jean Claude

They decided to bathe me. And I resisted. For thirty years, I have walked through the streets of my town carrying my backpack full of odds and ends, sleeping in the best corner the night clears for...

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Certainty (Certeza)

Certainty (Certeza)

Certainty Like the one that, with dark clouds,Announces the downpour.Like the aura before the convulsion,The heat before the tremor.Like my eyes, before the alarm clock rings.Like wet flowers in the...

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Writing from what is lived

Writing from what is lived

All authentic writing is born, in some way, from experience. Not necessarily from autobiography, but from a careful observation of what it means to be human: pain, loss, hope, childhood, fear, and...

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Literature as a form of knowledge

Literature as a form of knowledge

Literature is not merely an aesthetic exercise or a form of entertainment. It is, above all, a way of knowing. Through writing, human beings organize experience, give shape to what is lived, and...

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