This American and My African lives not compatible
For whatever reason, I cannot get the This American Life podcast to download here. With patience and diligence I stretched over two days, I…
Read MoreFor whatever reason, I cannot get the This American Life podcast to download here. With patience and diligence I stretched over two days, I…
Read MoreSAN QUENTIN, CALIF. — When he stands, Gerry Harris towers over everyone in the room. He’s bald, with a salt-and-pepper beard that climbs to…
Read MoreIt’s a 15-minute walk to my house from the nearest bus stop — or taxi stand, in local parlance — up a cobblestone street,…
Read MoreLAS VEGAS — Hands are a strange thing to dwell on, but Mat Black’s demand notice. He has long, slender fingers with short, well-kept…
Read MoreA friend recently spent a month in California. While there, he took a trip to Venice Beach, and from the sounds of it, everything…
Read MoreThis was one among many questions Bob Geldof had for George Bush. Geldof — you know, the guy behind retro-human-rights-cool “Live Aid” and modern-day-human-rights-chic…
Read MoreI’ve found out what makes the leafy greens Mathil cooks so incredible: coconut milk. Last night, we had something quite close to kale (maybe…
Read MoreThere’s a rush hour. That’s right, Kigali has a full-fledged rush hour. It took ten minutes to get from the hilltop to the traffic…
Read MoreToday, on my way home, I saw a little goat family that had gotten loose from the hill, chewing on this and that along…
Read MoreFirst, you have to imagine the bus. It’s not anything like ours. It’s a small van, like a VW line cast off, with four…
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