My father and mother: Charles and Carmela, my sisters and brothers: Jim, Terry, Chuck, Grace, Tommy, Lisa, Tina, Donna; Grandma Catalano; Sister Ellen Dominic. Toni Morrison, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Proust, Aurore Dupin, John Kennedy Toole, Marguerite de Navarre, Louise Erdrich, and Rabelais, among many others.
What I'm Reading
A Confederacy of Dunces (for the 4th time); The Audacity of Hope; The Delivery Room
What Mark Sanford did for love and Buenos Aires This evening in Buenos Aires, I danced at Confíteria La Ideal, the salon where Madonna was filmed performing tango in Evita. Like so much of Argentina's capital, La Ideal with its marble stairs, Greek columns, beveled mirrors, and dark wood, is an architectural masterpiece but in a bit of disrepair. All of which adds to the romance ...
Hey, come on down to Argentina for this writing workshop and mix pleasure with pleasurable business:From my Web site's pitch for the next workshop: There’s no more inspiring way to practice travel writing than to immerse yourself in a foreign culture. Anyone can craft an image-rich postcard to send home, but how do you fashion prose with style and substance— that give your writing broader ...
Hola! Just checking in, as I've been in transition for a while as I get re-settled down here in Buenos Aires. I've added a few new posts to my own Web site/blog that may interest you:Watch a 3-minute video of my current apartment here in the Recoleta Barrio (up for rent now):http://www.camillecusumano.com/uncategorized/recoleta-apartment-for-rent-in-buenos-aires/Read about why Argentines are not ...