Tag: friends
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On Friendship, Fiction, and Pre‑Ordering ‘Perfect’
There are moments in a writer’s life when the creative world feels a little smaller, a little warmer, a little more human. Today was one of those moments for me, because yesterday morning I clicked “Pre‑Order” on a book I’ve been quietly rooting for since the day its author first mentioned she was writing it.…
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3,000 Miles from Home: A Column from Spain
Originally published in Catalyst – February 2, 1989Written in Seville, Spain – November 1988By Alex Diaz-Granados, Columnist SEVILLE, Spain (CCIS Program)One of the most important aspects of an extended trip overseas, especially for young collegians studying abroad (like us here in Spain), is mail from home—and no ritual is more important than the daily search…
A Certain Point of View, Too 