By Any Other Name: The Power of Translation

November 11, 2011 in It is what it is - opinion column | Comments (2)

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There are a few writers whose work I adore and whose writing originated in a language other than that which I speak. Paulo Coelho, Isabel Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and, the writer who has moved me most of late, Pablo Neruda.

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Attention! Posts Percolating … In the mean time, some poetry

November 7, 2011 in It is what it is - opinion column | Comments (1)

I have a few little ditties marinating at the moment – a rant/open letter to the founders of Airbnb in the aftermath of what I saw as a relatively disastrous presentation by Joe Gebbia at FailCon earlier this week; another one about my experience running...

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