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Mauricio Ruiz

Mauricio Ruiz

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Feb 17, 2021

10 Famous Belgian men and women you should know about

Meet the only person — a woman — ever to buy one of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings while he was still alive

10 Famous Belgian men and women you should know about

Mauricio Ruiz

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Dec 18, 2019

“I was fifteen when I escaped the GDR in the trunk of a diplomat’s car”

How the fall of the Berlin Wall has shaped Germany’s political and social landscapes

“I was fifteen when I escaped the GDR in the trunk of a diplomat’s car”

Mauricio Ruiz

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Nov 3, 2019

Slow travel: Discovering the natural beauty and nomadic traditions of Southeastern Kazakhstan

The cars slowed down to watch the stallion roll around in the dirt. As if sole owner of the entire Kazakh steppe, the horse kicked the air…

Slow travel: Discovering the natural beauty and nomadic traditions of Southeastern Kazakhstan

Mauricio Ruiz

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Sep 24, 2019

The oldest cemetery in Brussels: A guided tour of Laeken

In 1983 the writer and former New Yorker editor, William Maxwell, wrote a story called Love, in which a ten year old recounts the details…

The oldest cemetery in Brussels: A guided tour of Laeken

Mauricio Ruiz

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Sep 19, 2019

Art and illegality: A peek into the marvels of Brussels’s street art scene

This morning I sat down at the kitchen table and thought hard about the question: How old was I when I saw graffiti and street art for the…

Art and illegality: A peek into the marvels of Brussels’s street art scene

Mauricio Ruiz

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Sep 18, 2019

2019 European Green Capital: What Oslo is doing to cut emissions by 95% in 2030

For a period of my life in my late twenties, back when I had to sit on sales calls and talk about wireless communications or storage…

2019 European Green Capital: What Oslo is doing to cut emissions by 95% in 2030

Mauricio Ruiz

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Sep 12, 2019

Pão de Ló de Margaride: A tradition that endures in Portugal

In a small house at the foot of the hill an old woman crumbles a piece of bread with her fingers, brings it to the lips of the girl…

Pão de Ló de Margaride: A tradition that endures in Portugal

Mauricio Ruiz

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Sep 6, 2019

Slow travel: Khiva and the origins of the word Algorithm

For a period of my life, back when my voice was high-pitched and I cared about nothing except hard-rock music and whether girls were…

Slow travel: Khiva and the origins of the word Algorithm

Mauricio Ruiz

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Jul 21, 2019

Rothko’s view of the Old World: 60 years ago he boarded the USS Independence and traveled to Europe

After emigrating from Daugavpils, Latvia, when he was 10 years old, Mark Rothko returned to continental Europe only three times in his…

Rothko’s view of the Old World: 60 years ago he boarded the USS Independence and traveled to Europe

Mauricio Ruiz

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May 27, 2019

The Cultivation of Sensibility: An Interview With Richard Powers

Richard Powers — Source: Richard Powers

The Cultivation of Sensibility: An Interview With Richard Powers

Mauricio Ruiz

Mauricio Ruiz

Author of the collections, Y Sin Querer Te Olvido, and, Silencios al Sur. Stories & essays in @Catapult @WordsWithoutBorders @ElectricLit @TheRumpus

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