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Month: January 2014

What I’ve Been reading Lately…/Lo Que He Leído Recientemente

January 31, 2014 Alaina Leave a comment

“Los Santos Inocentes,” Miguel Delibes    This novel by Miguel Delibes, which translates as “The Holy Innocents” in English, follows…

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Filed under: el médico de su honra, hispanic literature, los santos inocentes, miguel delibes, pedro calderón de la barca

A Thought for Thursday/Un pensamiento para el jueves

January 30, 2014 Alaina Leave a comment

Te amo sin saber como, ni cuándo, ni de donde,Te amo directamente sin problemas ni orgullo:así te amo porque no…

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Filed under: pablo neruda

January 22, 2014 Alaina Leave a comment

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still…

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Filed under: agatha christie, life

Wednesday Wisdom/La Sabiduría de miércoles

January 15, 2014 Alaina Leave a comment

Al que ingrato me deja, busco amanteal que amante me sigue, dejo ingrata;constante adoro a quien mi amor maltrata;maltrato a…

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Filed under: sor juana inés de la cruz

What I’ve Been reading Lately…/Lo Que He Leído Recientemente

January 12, 2014 Alaina Leave a comment

“La Colmena,” Camilo José Cela    "La Colmena,“ or "The Hive” in English, is an interesting novel that has been…

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Filed under: camilo josé cela, la colmena, ramón valle inclán, sonata de otoño

January 8, 2014 Alaina Leave a comment

It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before…to test your limits…to break through barriers.…

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Filed under: anais nin

What I’ve Been reading Lately…/Lo Que He Leído Recientemente

January 6, 2014 Alaina Leave a comment

“This is How You Lose Her,” Junot Díaz    By far the most compelling of his books, “This is How…

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Filed under: hunger of memory, junot diaz, richard rodriguez, this is how you lose her

A Thought for Thursday/Un Pensamiento para el jueves

January 2, 2014 Alaina Leave a comment

   Just a thought.    Sólo un pensamiento.

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Filed under: F. Scott Fitzgerald, intimacy

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