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Read MorePetra was the hub of important trade routes that connected Damascus with Baghdad and beyond, with long caravans laden with spices, silks, and other valuables passing through. It was a crossroads, a meeting place of many cultures, much like Jordan is today. Which is why there’s no better place to explore the past and present of the Middle East, in a country renowned for its hospitality and warm, welcoming people.
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Read MoreFinalist for the 2015 Walrus Poetry Prize b/c we’ve no cd player though we packed cds. b/c I’m being driven through Manitoba in a benadryl haze. b/c Manitoba goes on …
Read MoreFinalist for the 2015 Walrus Poetry Prize “The CCP or whatever,” my father says, anxiously. “I’ve been here for fifteen years.” I remind him that Francis is almost fifteen—his limp …
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