Yesterday, I was strolling up Florida Street (Calle Florida), checking out the tango dancers and the artesian wares laid out on rugs, occasionally stepping into one of the clothing stores to see if I could find a bargain, when I stumbled into a men’s store named Boüzak and found a multifarious line of clothing—suits, sport coats, ties, shirts, dress pants, sweaters, jeans, khakis, t-shirts, belts, and shoes. The stitching on the garments rendered tailor-made, and all of the apparel was stylistically current, but the numbers on the price …
chinese new year–
the biting cold
the frozen river
by Stephen Page from the chapbook “Still Dandelions.”
Carolina Papaleo and Rubén Stella are in Mar del Plata all January to present “Your Fourtune in a Blink”. If you like theater, this is a great show to see. Yo Adivino el Parpadeo is a story of two contemporary milongueros (people who dance tango regularly) living out passionate moments in their lives for the stage. Witness the two as they meet again for the first time in years. Watch the drama unfold and be drawn into the plot. Experience each ensuing moment as it brings an unexpected joy or heartache. The story is both …
by Karl Malantes
This book is an outstanding read. Find it. Read it.
Intense, powerful, and compelling, Matterhorn is an epic war novel in the tradition of Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead and James Jones’s The Thin Red Line. It is the timeless story of a young Marine lieutenant, Waino Mellas, and his comrades in Bravo Company, who are dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam as boys and forced to fight their way into manhood. Standing in their way are not merely the North Vietnamese but also monsoon rain …
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