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More than twenty years after his death, some Colombians still think of him as a hero, call him a saint, a savior, the Godfather, and even Robin Hood, although most refer to him as El Patrón, The Boss. I use less kind terms. I even refuse to write his name. He doesn’t deserve any ink. Forbes once named this drug-runner the seventh richest man in the world. He made Forbes' international billio Read more of this blog post »

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	Waveform: Twenty-First-Century Essays by Women by Marcia Aldrich (Goodreads Author) (editor), Eula Biss (Contributor), Barrie Jean Borich (Contributor) 4.09 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking for Esperanza: The story of a mother, a child lost, and why they matter to us 4.34 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Mother’s Funeral 4.54 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keeping Quiet: Sixteen Essays on Silence 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Mother's Funeral (Memoir) by Páramo, Adriana (2013) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Girls Don’t Sing La Bamba: A Memoir of Straying 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I'm not usually sold on epiphanies. I am more interested in the opposite experience: not those rare moments of startling insight or realization, but-what I suspect are more common-those sudden flashes of anxious confusion and bewilderment.”
― Robert Atwan, The Best American Essays 2011

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