MIRANDA'S POSTCARDS
These are short pieces of writing about some of my favourite places.
Berkeley Photos and bumper slogans.
Belém A basket of fruit from the city of Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon.
Olinda and Campina Grande What it's like to dance in the carnival of Olinda, in
Northeast Brazil.
Tokyo A virtual Bento box.
Tarascon How to Tame a Tarask - or, How to make Béarnaise Sauce. Published in Travelers Tales Provence.
Paris A Homage to Apollinaire
Laugharne Miranda and Cosimo among the Dragons. Published in Bristol MG magazine.
A road beyond Timbuktu Review of a Paolo Conte concert, published as an Overseas Report in Jelly magazine
Buenos Aires This has been used to teach English at Buenos Aires
University, and Latin
American Studies at Chicago University
Rio de Janeiro Published in Brazzil
magazine
Northeastern Brazil Describing some Oxfam projects
Cyberia "And How Far Away?" Prizewinning poem by me and Walter Aprile
Prague Published in Verbiage magazine
Pisa Published in Verbiage magazine
Havana (or Basingstoke) An Overseas Report published in Jelly
magazine
Turin Part of a performance piece about italian icecream
Edinburgh Containing some tall tales about Haggis
Venice What to do if you have an hour in Venice
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