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Just published a feature story on book banning in Arizona for the cover of Sampsonia Way Mag!

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New Feature Story: An account of the Librotraficante caravan, a book smuggling mission carrying banned literature back into Arizona. Led by writer Tony Diaz, the caravan is a response to Tucson Unified School District’s decision to eliminate it’s Mexican-American Studies program and removal of key books from the schools. Among the banned writers: Sandra Cisneros, Junot Díaz, Shakespeare, Howard Zinn, Carmen Tafolla. Share!

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May 21, 2012
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Ahhhhhh everything about this movie. Where do I begin. 

Ahhhhhh everything about this movie. Where do I begin. 

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April 24, 2012
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The Salta Diaries: Notes on an Argentine Journey

A mini excerpt from longer piece of nonfiction on my ramblings and misadventures in Argentina’s northernmost provinces.  Some exposition after happens after this  short encounter between some Brits and an Argentine. Enjoy! 

In Argentine Spanish, the word for a dance club is boliche, which can also be interpreted as “bowling” in other Spanish speaking countries.  And the game’s not that much different. The women, like innocent pins, congregate in clumps, while the men, standing on the side perched like hawks, watch their prey and go in for the strike. They’re incessant. They keep hitting, even if they miss the first time. Usually in Buenos Aires, I had other pins to protect me in the club, but tonight, I was the lonely spare. 

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April 15, 2012
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I can’t tell if this is just silly or an actual freedom of expression issue?  communistmanipesto: You can no longer import books or magazines to Argentina. No more Amazon for me. 

I can’t tell if this is just silly or an actual freedom of expression issue? 

communistmanipesto:

You can no longer import books or magazines to Argentina. No more Amazon for me. 

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April 02, 2012
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Comments about this are blowing up on our blog…

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In our latest social media focus piece, we follow Venezuelan cartoonist #Rayma as she faces an unprecedented social media attack by pro-Chavez supporters for cartoons she published that highlight the poverty and violence crisis in Venezuela. Must read and share!

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March 26, 2012
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March 26, 2012
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Not many people can say they walk into a poem three days a week for work.  The most wonderful way to write poetryIs to stand right on your headWith mind and body as oneAnd dab inkOn the ground! sampsoniawaymag: Today we’ll take a look at 408 Sampsonia Way, known as House Poem. Painted by Huang Xiang, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s first writer-in-residence. This house exhibits some of his poems helping to illustrate how Xiang has the right to write freely in the United States. Huang Xiang was born in China’s Hunan Province in 1941, and has been writing poems since 1950. House Poem is currently used as office space for Sampsonia Way Magazine. Continue reading at Sampsonia Way

Not many people can say they walk into a poem three days a week for work. 

The most wonderful way to write poetry
Is to stand right on your head
With mind and body as one
And dab ink
On the ground!


sampsoniawaymag:

Today we’ll take a look at 408 Sampsonia Way, known as House Poem. Painted by Huang Xiang, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s first writer-in-residence. This house exhibits some of his poems helping to illustrate how Xiang has the right to write freely in the United States.

Huang Xiang was born in China’s Hunan Province in 1941, and has been writing poems since 1950.

House Poem is currently used as office space for Sampsonia Way Magazine.

Continue reading at Sampsonia Way

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March 13, 2012
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Take a look at OneChot’s banned video for “Rotten Town,” a song that decries the climate of violence that reigns over Venezuela’s capital Caracas. Read the article at Sampsonia Way

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March 03, 2012
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Buenos Aires: This is what it feels like to be a woman. 

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February 26, 2012
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Che! Que Chica

  • Argentino: A que se parece a un argentino en un tren?
  • Flaco: Que se yo!
  • Argentino: Un argentino y una chica bonita. El tren hace ‘chica-chika’ y el argentino ‘che que chica, che que chica.’
  • Flaco: Jajaj! Claro, che!
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February 22, 2012
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I'm a student at the University of Pittsburgh studying English writing, anthropology and global studies with a focus on Latin America. I'm currently abroad in Buenos, Aires studying Spanish and Argentine culture at the University of Belgrano.