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Built for Stargazing
In an astronomy village, a hush falls at night as the sky turns dark and the stars appear. Roofs roll back and telescopes aim for the heavens. All the neighbors are stargazing, and nobody turns on the lights...
— The New York Times
Dancing Scruffy Cheek-to-Scruffy Cheek: Gay Tango
Tango Evolves as Argentine Dance Floors Mix Gender Roles, But Not Genders
— ABC.com Gator Man
On his 65th birthday, John Tanner was going mano a mano with an outraged, feral razorback hog in an abandoned orange grove...
— Saveur
Just the ticket - Finland
The short curtains hide only the most intimate of tasks in the glass-domed "igloos" of Hotel and Igloo village Kakslauttanen in northern Finland...
— Forbes.com
Culinary Schools Bring Tourists Past Mexico's Heart – Into Its Stomach
Learning About San Miguel de Allende Through Shopping, Chopping and Tasting
— ABC.com
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MEXICO IN MIND
Edited by Maria Finn
Ranging from 1843 to present, Mexico in Mind offers a remarkably varied sampling of English speaking writers' impressions of the land south of the border. Graham Greene defends Mexico's priests; Langston Hughes describes a bullfight; Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs are literally intoxicated by Mexico.
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"This volume will likely give you more insights into the country and its people than a dense history will."
— The Albuquerque Journal
"Mexico In Mind would be a good companion while sitting in a deckchair bound for Puerto Vallarta or at home in a comfortable armchair. The book addresses the practical and the problematic, the desires and fears of a nation struggling in many ways, but deeply rooted by cultural and religious identity."
— Entertainment Today
"...a dizzying array of non-travel writers (Tennessee Williams, John Steinbeck, Anita Desai) are shown to have produced evocative essays that capture the hostile beauty and ineffable personality of Mexico far better than any guidebook writer could hope to."
Orlando Weekly
"This fascinating anthology reflects much of the rich history, magic, vitality and beauty that is Mexico."
— The Tucson Citizen
"The 31 Anglophone writers from myriad genres collected in this anthology look to Mexico for adventure, refuge and revelation."
— Publishers Weekly
"As with the other volumes of this wonderful In Mind series, readers are invited to embark on a vicarious journey to a single place via the reflections of others."
— The St. Petersburg Times
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