In both places [Paraguay and Newfoundland] people rise despite everything - both are pretty tough environments.
John GimletteWhat's fascinating is where they come from in the world. People in Bangladesh, a chap in a fire-base in Tikrit in Iraq. Chap in an Irish pub in Dublin. And lovely to think this literary network - or rather network of readers - is well spread out.
John GimletteThis terrible frustration that we so often feel in the West in not being able to articulate and express ourselves.
John Gimlette