How a refugee became a supermodel
Mari Malek is a supermodel, DJ and actor. She is also a refugee. This is her story!
The art of medicine: bibliotherapy
Bibiotherapy – or ‘book therapy’ – is an ancient practice. The notion that reading can help to alleviate distress and anxiety was articulated as early as the 5th century BCE, by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus, who wrote that ‘words are the physician of the mind diseased’. Books do furnish a mind:the art and science of […]
Now reading at El Taller: Nutshell by Ian Mc Ewan
Our latest reading before summer hits us with its almighty force: NUTSHELL, by Ian Mc Ewan. An elegiac crossover between Hamlet and Look Who’s Talking. Want to know more about it? Why not join us this summer for some Reading, Listening and Motivating Converstions in English?
Now reading…The Snows of Kilimanjaro
“THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO” BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY Descargar pdf
How Italians influenced a South American dialect
An insightful view of our colourful language, in the eyes of a foreign writer journalist. Read article
Want to enjoy pure beauty in words?
IAN MC EWAN, MOTHER TONGUE Idon’t write like my mother, but for many years I spoke like her, and her particular, timorous relationship with language has shaped my own. There are people who move confidently within their own horizons of speech; whether it is Cockney, Estuary, RP or Valley Girl, they stride with the unselfconscious […]
The work of Lucía Berlín
Lucia Berlin (1936-2004, pronunciation: Lu-see-a) published 77 short stories during her lifetime. Most, but not all, were collected in three volumes from Black Sparrow Press: Homesick (1991), So Long (1993), and Where I Live Now (1999). These gathered from previous collections of 1980, 1984, and 1987, and presented newer work. Berlin worked brilliantly but sporadically […]