The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Thoughts on the House passage of a draconian repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and on withdrawing rights people have enjoyed and come to take for granted.
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A Fable for Our Time: The Queen of the Frogs
Discussing a book I translated from Portuguese, The Queen of the Frogs, which since last November has become a timely story of democracy’s erosion.
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Honoring a Protector of Refugees, Aristides de Sousa Mendes
As countries in Europe and North America debate the admission of refugees, I remember the courageous work of Holocaust rescuer Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
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Contested Histories: International Perspectives, Part 2
The second part of my presentation on “Contested Histories” at the AWP conference, which focuses on the Cold War in Latin American and my own writing.
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Contested Histories: International Perspectives, Part 1
The first part of my presentation on “Contested Histories: International Perspectives” at the AWP 2017 conference.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
