Author Archives: Carolina
Happy Springfall Equinox
Today is Spring Equinox. Except it’s not. Not here, in the Southern Hemisphere, in the nation of Uruguay, where a fierce brief summer is abruptly coming to a close. In keeping with global warming, the weather here has been unusually … Continue reading
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Tagged Fall Equinox, Greenland, hemispheres, Joaquín Torres-García, moving, Spring Equinox, turning of the Earth, Uruguay
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Tips for the Mother-Writer
In honor of International Women’s Day: This list began as a series of notes to myself, things I’ve needed to hear these first four years as a mother-writer. I hope something here can be of use to you as well. … Continue reading
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Tagged Carolina De Robertis, Homer, Mother writers, motherhood, mothering, Mothers who write, Muses, novel, parenting tips, patriarchy, Perla, reading, Rome, sleep deprivation, writing
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Uruguay, Mon Amour (en español)
(For the original English-language version of this post, please click here.) Esta nota fue publicada en inglés en este blog el 31 de enero, 2013. Les agradezco a Alex Bratkievitch y Marcelo de León por la traducción. Estas seis semanas … Continue reading
Uruguay, Mon Amour (English)
Para una versión de este blog en español, haga click aquí. It’s been a whirlwind six weeks since my wife, kids and I moved to Montevideo for nine months. We have found an apartment, moved in, and hunted down things … Continue reading
Words for Leila Abu-Saba, 1962-2009
I once had an amazing friend called Leila Abu-Saba. She is still my friend, even though she died three years ago. She was an incredible woman, large in every way—six feet tall, a great mane of hair, a large laugh, … Continue reading
Of Birth and Hazelnuts
Another kind of creativity has come to fruition for me this summer. Four weeks ago, on July 15th, 2012, my daughter arrived into our living room. I’m pleased to say that all went well in a natural home birth. In … Continue reading
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On translating The Neruda Case
Happy Publication Day to Roberto Ampuero’s The Neruda Case! I am so utterly pleased that this book is finally available in English. Ampuero has been enchanting readers around the world with his bestselling novels for nineteen years now, and it’s just … Continue reading
On PERLA’s launch – and being very pregnant
It’s been exactly two months now since Perla was published in the United States. During those two months, I’ve had the joy of meeting readers at events in Berkeley, Oakland, Corte Madera, Seattle, Houston, San Diego, New York, Miami, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina, book tour, disappeared, eight months pregnant, pregnancy
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PERLA now released in the U.S.
It’s official: Perla is now a published book, available in bookstores throughout the U.S. For all the preparations, it still amazes me that it now exists as a physical thing – though of course, in our digital times, it’s also … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolfo Scilingo, Argentina, audio book, book tour, disappeared, Horacio Verbitsky, Margaret Atwood, Perla, publication day, sources of inspiration
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