North of the Sun: outdoors culture & remote communities in Norway by Nicolás Boullosa on April 24, 2024 When traveling across Scandinavia a few years ago, we most appreciated the casual sense of caring about the outdoors. The …
Wright Brothers to Ivo Zdarsky: Nature of makeshift aviation by Nicolás Boullosa on September 7, 2023 British historian and essayist Peter Frankopan opens his recent book The Earth Transformed (an attempt to write about the human …
What is left after war: Paul Celan at Todtnauberg by Nicolás Boullosa on February 28, 2022 “It feels like 1939,” commented Zvi to her neighbor, a 96-year-old Ukrainian who still remembers how European leaders had been …
Simone Weil fought alienation with humanism, overcame angst by Nicolás Boullosa on January 13, 2022 She was frail, opinionated, stubborn, short-sighted, and prone to get sick. Coming from an urban, intellectual family, she also excelled …
When pioneer air pilots brought mail, hope & life-affirmation by Nicolás Boullosa on December 16, 2021 When Joseph Kessel sat down to write about an aviator from the early era of airmail, his own experience as …