Junot Díaz won the Pulitzer Prize for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, his novel about a Dominican family haunted by a fukú, a multi-generational curse. Like his protagonists, Díaz has split his time between the US and the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispañola with Haiti. Haiti is a bit of… [Read More]
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Monaco: meet Me in Monaco
I found Meet Me in Monaco: A Novel of Grace Kelly’s Royal Wedding in a Little Free Library and grabbed it, because Monaco is a country and I have a long list of countries to read about. This is a fun read that moves along at a nice pace, about people who are tangentially involved… [Read More]
Bangladesh: The Good Muslim
I started this books around the world project in the pandemic, when travel was off limits. It’s taken longer than I thought it would, in part because there are so many countries! It’s a big world out there, and not every place has a lot of good books written about it. Take Bangladesh. I had… [Read More]
New Orleans: Museum of Trade, Finance, and the Fed
In many cities in the US, you can visit a fun and free museum about money at the local branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. I recently visited the New Orleans Museum of Trade, Finance, and the Fed, and I can vouch for it. Located at the New Orleans branch of the Atlanta Fed, the… [Read More]
Ireland: Say Nothing
I started my plan to read one book about every country in the world back in the pandemic. More than three years later, I’m still plugging away. I’ve read more books and watched more movies that fit this theme than I’ve written up, because writing them up takes a lot of time! Also, there are… [Read More]
