This is another article in a series of pieces I am writing for The Noise, an arts and culture monthly newspaper published in Northern Arizona. Send along any comments and critiques. The ocotillo are antennas. They bloom from volcanic cinders. Near the horizon, a granite mountain range shimmers, submerged in an old lava flow. Ribcages[…] See more ⇒

The following interview and translation is part of a series of pieces I am writing for The Noise, an arts and culture monthly newspaper published in Northern Arizona. Send along any comments and critiques. More on Senil can be found on his Flickr. Che Guevara is even today a master of disguise. He turns up[…] See more ⇒

The following interview and translation is part of a series of pieces I am writing for The Noise, an arts and culture monthly newspaper published in Northern Arizona. Send along any comments and critiques. More on DjLu can be found on his MySpace and Flickr. Grenades grow on stalks of maíz and explode into flowers.[…] See more ⇒

The following article marks my return to The Noise, an arts and culture monthly newspaper published in Northern Arizona. I wrote for them in 2006 and 2007, and they recently asked me back to their pages, which I am very grateful for. Thanks Chuck and Meredith! Expect new writing on Colombia for the next three[…] See more ⇒

I was having a conversation on the plane at 4:45am with a civil engineering professor who was coming home to visit Bogotá, which is where we were about to land. He and his girlfriend were asking me my plans for Bogotá. Namely, where I was going to stay. They both seemed mildly shocked when I[…] See more ⇒

The man who guards the front door sings to himself as he guards the front door. There’s one huge roof over the squat hotel, hovering over the rooms on columns. The rooms are a set of cement walls and a few flimsy doors. There’s a patio in the middle.. Most of the guests try to[…] See more ⇒

Querido Adán, I had to stop in for an americano after the experiencia that I’ve just had, and for that same experience it occurs to me that I should write you. It’s true that there is a lot of tourism here in La Antigua, Guatemala, so much that a friend calls it “disneylandía.” But the[…] See more ⇒

Written for The Noise, published in Flagstaff. To read the entire issue, download the pdf (25.4mb). The Many Names of El D.F.: Art Capital of the Americas Between english indie rock and a naked crowd: the new Mexico City? A couple weeks ago, on a Sunday just before dawn, 20,000 people were standing in the[…] See more ⇒

The third of a three-part interview for The Noise, published in Flagstaff. To read the entire issue, download the pdf (30.9mb). In the first two installments of the interview, Carmen explained how six years ago she and her husband David left their hometown of Cuernavaca, Mexico for New York City. She was almost 30 years[…] See more ⇒

The second of a three-part interview for The Noise, published in Flagstaff. To read the entire issue, download the pdf (18.7mb). In the last installment of her interview, Carmen told how six years ago she and her husband David decided to leave their hometown of Cuernavaca, Mexico and try for NYC. She was almost 30[…] See more ⇒