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Book Review: The Moment of Memoir

August 18, 2022
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<em>Book Review:</em> The Moment of Memoir

Michael Ugarte, Mercedes Light and Dark. Columbia, MO: Compass Flower Press, 2022. 200pp.
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Book Review: Chim Seymour’s Humanist Gaze

August 18, 2022
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<em>Book Review:</em> Chim Seymour’s Humanist Gaze

Carole Naggar. David ‘Chim’ Seymour: Searching for the Light, 1911-1956. De Gruyter, 2022. 294 + x pp.
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Books in Brief: Before Che

May 20, 2022
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<em>Books in Brief:</em> Before Che

Peter Rutkoff, Before Che: M-26-7. Gambier, OH: XOXOX Press, 2019. 284pp.
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Books in Brief: Jim Higgins’ War

May 20, 2022
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<em>Books in Brief:</em> Jim Higgins’ War

Jim Higgins (with Janette Higgins), Fighting for Democracy: The True Story of Jim Higgins (1907-1982). Victoria, B.C.: Friesen Press, 2020. 196pp.
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Book Review: Red Tarancón

May 20, 2022
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<em>Book Review:</em> Red Tarancón

Red Tarancón: Spaniards and Internationals in a Tarancón at War. Cuenca: Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica, 2022.
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Book Review: Isa Reyes’ Escape

May 20, 2022
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<em>Book Review:</em> Isa Reyes’ Escape

Dorian L. (Dusty) Nicol. “Miss Spain in Exile”: Isa Reyes’ Escape from the Spanish Civil War. Eastbourne and Chicago: Sussex Academic Press, 2021. 240pp.
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Book Review: Franco’s Legacies

February 11, 2022
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<em>Book Review:</em> Franco’s Legacies

Exhuming Franco: Spain’s Second Transition, by Sebastiaan Faber. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2021.
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Book Review: Paul Preston on Spanish Political Corruption

November 6, 2021
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<em>Book Review:</em> Paul Preston on Spanish Political Corruption

A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence, and Social Division in Modern Spain, by Paul Preston. London: Liveright Press, 2020.
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French Exhibit Features Work by Josep Bartolí, Exiled Spanish Artist

November 6, 2021
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French Exhibit Features Work by Josep Bartolí, Exiled Spanish Artist

On September 23, the Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial in southern France celebrated the opening night of “The colors of exile,” an exhibit honoring the life and work of Josep Bartolí, the Catalan artist and anti-fascist activist.
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Book Review: Marion Merriman’s Memoir Re-Issued

August 14, 2021
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<em>Book Review:</em> Marion Merriman’s Memoir Re-Issued

­American Commander in Spain: Robert Hale Merriman and the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, by Marion Merriman and Warren Lerude. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2020.
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