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epsteinian: One end of the world. Beautiful photograph by Ian Epstein of the Portuguese coast.
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Jai Singh’s observatory in Jaipur, India. Taken by Julio Cortazar in collaboration with Antonio Galvez
oxford american dictionary
archipelago|ˌärkəˈpeləˌgō|noun ( pl. -gos or -goes) a group of islands.• a sea or stretch of water containing many islands. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Italian arcipelago, from Greek arkhi- ‘chief’ + pelagos ‘sea.’ The word was originally used as a proper name
An interview with translator Anne McLean by Jessa Crispin of Bookslut
My greatest failure as a reader is my inability to read literature in a second language. I have something of an ADD problem with languages, and have never gained fluency in any beyond English. I learned Spanish in high school,
Review of The Vanishing Moon from Booklist
from Donna Seaman, Booklist — “Joseph Coulson,” a review of The Vanishing Moon 2004-01 The Tollman children — spitfire Phil, the eldest; musing Stephen, his shadow; charming but doomed Margie; and stuttering Myron — adore their lovely, competent Vanishing Moon - Booklistmother