Category: Long Read
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Empires, Beaches, and Screams

October 18, 2023. It happened on my way to Ponte Vedra Beach. I was gearing up for the concert by listening to a playlist with the entire band’s recordings when a song titled “The Scream” came up. It wasn’t one of their most popular ones; I didn’t remember listening to…
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Peregrinaje de Dieciocho Horas a Monserrate

Si fuese supersticioso, en algún punto habría pensado que Allison no estaba destinada a viajar a Colombia ese fin de semana: en primer lugar no pudo abordar el vuelo que había programado a Bogotá; luego quedó estancada con una de mis maletas porque por algún motivo pensamos que era buena…
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The Eighteen-Hour Pilgrimage to Monserrate

If I were superstitious, at some point I would’ve thought Allison was not meant to travel to Colombia that weekend: first, she couldn’t take the original flight she had scheduled to Bogota; then, she was stuck with one of my suitcases because somehow we thought it’d be a good idea…