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A Brief Parisian Autobiography in Three Parts (Part I)

Or, how a twenty-something writer might find themselves in Paris

Aug 18, 2022 •

Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Eulogy for Metro Line 11

The Parisian underground is changing

Sep 13 •

Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

My 8 y/o self wrote a poetry collection (part II)

my 35-year-old self responds

Jul 5 •

Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

My 8 y/o self wrote a poetry collection (part I)

Nietzsche's camel, lion, and child

Jun 28 •

Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

In Search of Artistic Integrity

Fame, Anonymity & the Society of the Spectacle

Feb 27 •

Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

The Paris Writers' Salon

de Maupassant, de Beauvoir & the true value of reading

Dec 6, 2022 •

Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Karens, Nazis & the Morality of Evil

A response to Erik Hoel’s timely essay

Nov 3, 2022 •

Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

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