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Entre el romance y la pasión

500 words in Spanish about my mother’s (Rosario Ferré’s) college writing (Manhattanville College ’60).

June 4, 2026
East and West

500 words on the melancholy tone of President Trump’s notorious April 7 post on Truth Social.

April 11, 2026
Evy en el país de las maravillas

500 words in Spanish about a visit to Evy Lucío Córdova’s world of dreams.

March 14, 2026
El peso de mis libros

A 500 word personal essay in Spanish about why books are so heavy.

November 21, 2025
Séneca y mi abuelo

500 words in Spanish about Seneca facing death philosophically, and about my grandfather´s art collection

October 11, 2025
La humanidad de Muñoz y Truman

500 palabras sobre un intercambio entre Luis Muñoz Marín y Harry Truman que revela su humanidad.

May 27, 2025
The Games of Monkey Island

CHAPTER 11 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti learns the origin of his family’s passion.

February 28, 2025
Telenovela Dreams

CHAPTER 10 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti learns that life isn’t a Soap opera.

February 18, 2025
Capsized at the Governor’s Beach

CHAPTER 9 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti learns that the coconut doesn’t fall far from the palm tree.

February 7, 2025
The Dead Boy of Ashford Avenue

CHAPTER 7 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where bombs go off and shake up Noti and his family.

January 17, 2025
Ghosts of the Alhambra

CHAPTER 6 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti learns that privilege is temporary, but shame is everlasting.

January 7, 2025
Divorce’s Carnelian Anniversary

500 words on divorce and the 2024 election.

November 25, 2024
Analysis of a Racist Joke

500 words on Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s racist joke about Puerto Rico during the Trump campaign event at Madison Square Garden.

October 30, 2024
La reina de belleza

500 words in Spanish about beauty queens in Puerto Rico

October 27, 2024
Art Brings Us Together

500 words on the power of art to bring us together

September 16, 2024
El reino interior

500 palabras sobre la importancia de nuestra propia casa y nuestro propio reino interior.

August 30, 2024
Biden y el Mago de Oz

Hace dos semanas vi el debate entre el Presidente Joe Biden y el ex-Presidente Donald Trump, y me quedé impresionado. Antes del debate, me lo imaginaba como una pelea entre dos viejos robots Rock Em Sock Em. Dos contrincantes, uno rojo y el otro azul, tirándose puños verbales, hasta que un upper cut conectara con…

July 11, 2024
Why the Way We Protest Matters

About student protests at Amherst College during Reunion week

June 4, 2024
The Silent Student Majority

About student protests at Vanderbilt in particular and at universities and colleges in general.

April 10, 2024
La universidad vale la pena

About the differences between private and public universities, colleges and research universities.

December 17, 2023

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