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How to escape from my refuge!

How to escape from my refuge! Escape?... The question strikes me like a bolt from the blue. Whilst other children of my generation, back in the 1960s, no doubt fantasised…

My Tactile Journey to Celia and the Grimms.

There are memories that do not enter through the eyes, but remain etched on the fingertips. For many, childhood is a colourful photo album; for me, my first ten years were a…

Why has my heart always stayed positive?

There was something magnetic about the sound of chalk scraping against the green blackboard. Whilst other children saw algebra as a maze of obstacles or a dead language designed…

Ourpick Reading Suggestions for March 16th

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Entrada al Concurso de crónicas reales de Literatos | El ángel del cementerio (The angel of the Cemetery) [ES/EN]

Ourpick Reading Suggestions for March 1st

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When the Heart is Renewed at Seventy.

Sitting in front of the large window in my home in Canada, I watch the landscape transform with patience that only the years have allowed me to understand. Turning seventy is not…

Pirín, el Payasín (Pirín, the clown) [ES/EN]

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Ourpick Reading Suggestions for February 16th

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Ourpick Reading Suggestions for January 29th

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