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Thank you! It's appalling how bad our transit system is.

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Dec 27, 2023Liked by Jim Ruland

Thanks for this, Jim! Some of us are living vicariously through you and your incredible travels.

Have you read Benjamin Labatut, a younger Chilean writer. I highly recommend his novel WHEN WE CEASE TO UNDERSTAND THIS WORLD.

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Love this -- it made me want to visit chile! Also, the Spanish title of your book is Haz lo que quieras, not Lo Haz Que Queras. Besitos!

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Thank you! My Spanish sadly is still a bunch of poorly memorized facts and not anything approaching useful communication. But I'm going to get better in 2024!

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Wow! What a story. And what fun for you to have your reading work out so well. Thanks for the heads up on that Bolano book. I finally started reading some of his short stories. Killer stuff. And the info on Chile in general, very helpful. Congrats! So excited for you.

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Thanks, Blake! It was pretty incredible and utterly unexpected. It's definitely motivating me to get more of my work published in other languages.

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Thanks, Mark! I haven't read him but he is definitely on the list!

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Just picked up a Bad Religion / Social D ticket in NYC!

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Very nice! I'm going to miss them iin April so I'll have to figure something out.

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Love the pics, love the travel stories. What a dream, to have that clean and efficient public transit system!

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