Dispatches from the Field

I left the hotel in Miami around 8 AM, and by 10 I was on board an Airbus 380 headed for Managua. I spent most of the flight immersed in David Gullette?s ?Gaspar! A Spanish Poet/Priest in the Nicaraguan Revolution” It?s… Read the rest

This was my first time in Miami, so after settling into my hotel room, I took a walk to explore. The hotel turned out to be located in the town of Coral Gables, a satellite in the South Florida sprawl around the city of Miami.… Read the rest

After celebrating a friend?s 30th birthday with a weekend ski trip in Maine, I spent my New Year?s Eve packing for Nicaragua. (What better way to prep for a trip to the equator than by sliding down a snow-covered mountain?)

After a french toast breakfast with a few friends, I then headed for Logan, lugging my gear plus an extra suitcase filled to the brim with art supplies, books, photos, and various other materials destined for the SJDS Biblioteca Movil.… Read the rest

When you last heard about Nicaragua on this blog, Denise, Victoria, and I had just returned from a trip to the country in August.

Jane Mirandette at Simmons, October 2006.

Along with Hagar Shirman, I currently serve as co-chair of Simmons International Relations (SIR), a student group at GSLIS focused on international and multicultural librarianship.… Read the rest