The Grandness of Valparaiso
July 21, 2008 | Written by Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo
I was once lured to read Isabel Allende’s novel Daughter of Fortune upon recommendation, but never got more than forty pages in. Though I stopped reading, I still remember the magical description of a bustling port city at the turn of the 20th century. Allende’s heroine runs about a city built along hills and terraces that look out onto the sea, and from her description I knew Valparaiso was a city... [Read more]
The Island of Poetry, Isla Negra
May 17, 2006 | Written by WilliamK
Mark Twain wrote in Innocents Abroad that there are places in the world where we can find “nothing to remind... [Read more]
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