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"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world" (Shelley)
I don’t know that stupid court cases are particularly Mexican, but this particular stupid court case has its own Mexican flavor. Translated from Condena juez a poeta por ultraje a la bandera, repo… more »
The Mex Files
"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world" (Shelley)
richmx2 wrote 2 days ago: I don’t know that stupid court cases are particularly Mexican, but this particular stupid court ca … more »
The Lady Killer
richmx2 wrote 3 months ago: Juana Barraza Samperio is unique in the annals of crime. Serial killers are very rare in Latin Amer … more »
A tree grows in Polanco...and a bush in Culiacán
richmx2 wrote 3 months ago: Alfredo, aka “Citius64″ has his own favorite, but according to The Guardian, the “ … more »
Another good reason to learn Spanish
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richmx2 wrote 4 months ago: From the (English-language) Guadalajara Reporter: … Two American tourists, Billy David … more »
Al Gore, Sitting Bull, and the Yale art department
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richmx2 wrote 6 months ago: Dan Bischoff, a staff writer for the Newark (New Jersey) Star-Ledger, reviewing El Maestro Francisc … more »
Creative License
richmx2 wrote 6 months ago: SOMEBODY’S not quite telling the truth here: There’s a whole sub-genre of Mexican litera … more »
The harder they come, the bigger they fall...
richmx2 wrote 6 months ago: I was going to write about this, but Burro Hall beat me to it, and did a better job The local poli … more »
Quote of the day
richmx2 wrote 7 months ago: “It is an absurd idea, and given that it’s so absurd, it may just be successful.” … more »
Art news...
richmx2 wrote 10 months ago: San Antonio Express-News Some Mexican media outlets, afraid of retaliation from drug lords, have s … more »
Frida FINALLY draws the masses... sorta
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richmx2 wrote 11 months ago: (Photo: Marco Peláez, Jornada) See… I told you all Mexicans aren’t Frida Kahlo fans. … more »
Touché!
richmx2 wrote 11 months ago: My slightly snarky joke about San Antonio (I’d said you ALMOST heard as much English as in Can … more »
Endeavor to persevere...
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richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: The cranky “comments” and emails I sometimes get from people — aside from the illi … more »
"White men don't dance"
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richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: Jorge Zepeda Patterson on a visit to the strange country to the North: (original in El Informador de … more »
Streets of Poets (Sor Juana)
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richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: The Unapologetic Mexican was kind of happy to see I’d written on the Mexican slaves – and ex … more »
¡Feliz cumpleaños! Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: The Nobel Prize Winning Columbian-born author (and naturalized Mexican citizen) after a … more »
"To see ourselves as other see us"
richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: This sounds like it’s a hoot… “There’s no abundance of travel books in our nationa … more »
¡Canallas! (though I think "scumbags" works better)
richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: Being one of the Heroic Donors, I’m pissed. Muerte en canasto by Franciso Toledo, Interior … more »
Diego Rivera rides again... on the Metro
richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: One of the greatest things about Mexican artists is that they aren’t artistes. Except for si … more »
"If Texas were a sane place, it wouldn't be nearly as much fun"
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richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: DAMN… two of the best people in Texas in a week. One famous for what she said, the other … more »
