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Dispatches from Montevideo

Patrick Madden, of Brigham Young University and Vermont College of Fine Arts, spent the end of 2012 on a Fulbright Fellowship in Uruguay with his family, teaching some seminars and writing some essays.

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    Dispatches from Montevideo: In Which Charles Darwin Takes/Leaves a Bath
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  • March 22, 2013
    Dispatches from Montevideo: In Which the President Challenges Consumerism, Even the Kind I’m Living
    by Patrick Madden
  • January 14, 2013
    Dispatches from Montevideo: In Which Eduardo Galeano Extrapolates Troubling Questions from the Newtown School Massacre
    by Patrick Madden
  • December 3, 2012
    Dispatches from Montevideo: In Which the Sun Bursts Through Clouds, Again
    by Patrick Madden
  • November 16, 2012
    Dispatches from Montevideo: In Which the Essayist Rides the Bus, Offering Great Ideas for Technological Innovations
    by Patrick Madden
  • November 5, 2012
    Dispatches from Montevideo: In Which We Consider the Glorious History of Uruguayan Soccer, and Ball Bearings.
    by Patrick Madden
  • October 11, 2012
    Dispatches from Montevideo: In Which the Essayist Attends a Concert
    by Patrick Madden
  • September 25, 2012
    Dispatches from Montevideo: In Which the Madden Family Flies to Montevideo and Plays the Uruguayan Lottery
    by Patrick Madden
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