Author Archives: David Miller

cell stories turns one year old

Cell stories turned one year old today. They published one of my stories, Los Pitayeros last fall. I think it was the only story I’ve published where afterward I couldn’t read it (didn’t / don’t  have a droid / iphone).
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notes on walking up cerro perito moreno with the nena on my back

Pessoa: “I make landscapes out of what I feel.” Yesterday I took the nena up to Cerro Perito Moreno. I’d woken her up early and she was tired. There was knee-deep snow and almost no wind, no clouds. It was our first day as papi/hija without mami. You stayed back at home resting (or actually [...]
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travel ojos lists contributors / topics for ‘Latin America at Ground Level’

Steven Roll has just posted the contributors and story outlines for the upcoming eBook on Latin America.
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notes on tierra negra

I ask Abuela Colque if she knows whose tierra negra¹ is piled in the street in front of our houses. Can I take some? And can I borrow their wheelbarrow also? (I just assume they have a wheelbarrow because they work the fields.)
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transparent narrative writing contest at matador

The first writing contest Matador has sponsored in over a year, the Transparent Narrative contest prize is $300 plus tuition to MatadorU. Deadline: Sept 10 No bullshit entry fee.
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notes on the chacra next door, stoking with Layla

I had on my hunting boots. Layla had on a dress that was too small for her, panties, and her Dorothy shoes.¹ She was playing with rocks in the driveway. I’d just handwashed and hung out to dry two loads of clothes. There was an hour left of sun.
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stoke report 6 Aug 2010

right now i’m stoked on: (a) this story by Blake Butler (b) the latest blog poast by Sarah Menkedick (c) new tracks from Deerhunter (d) proposition 8 being ruled unconstitutional (e) dude planning to freefall from space (f) Daniel Britt’s notes on hanging with mercenaries in iraq (g) late winter conditions at cerro catedral
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snowboarding with layla

I’ve sort of dreamed about this moment. Getting Layla on the board for the first time. But then when we were actually up at Perito Moreno I seemed to forget I’d thought about it before and we were just hiking up this service road. I took the board just in case we reached the top [...]
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news: my blog was hacked. mixtape writing is dead.

‘Sup out there? Operating on Stoke got hacked last week. Sorry for anyone who opened this blog and got a warning message. I’ve since had it scanned for malware (various times) and we’re good to go again. The only thing is that in all the hours and frustration of trying to get everything restored, the [...]
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Notes on Abuelo Colque

Published a new note at the Traveler’s Notebook: Notes on Abuelo Colque.
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