Offbeat Chronicles

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Wave After Wave: The Struggle of Black Africans in Europe
The situation is absolutely catastrophic and pragmatic solutions are nowhere to be seen.
 • René Volpi
Substack is the Sum of All the Beauty and the Chaos in Our Lives.
A magnificent work in progress.
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How Writing Saved Me: My Substack Story
From a kid in Buenos Aires writing poetry to a writer searching and finding a voice — and a home, on the ’Stack.
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The Hidden Reach of the Human Brain
Why the limits of human perception may be far more flexible than we think.
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Relearning How to Live... and How to Write
I disappeared for 6 months after a stroke — here’s what happened when I came back.
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Gravity, Grief, and Getting Back Up
Why staying alive was harder than almost dying. My Substack story. Part 3.
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The Houdini Files
When a cat decides to have a laugh or ten when his Human.
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The Empire of Words
How the Anglo-speaking world built the only empire that still grows.
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My Substack Comeback
What worked, what didn't, and why I stayed.
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What You Always Wanted to Know about Mark Twain...
...but were afraid to ask. An intimate portrait of one of the greatest and most loved American authors.
 • René Volpi
Wish, Dream, imagine
A new series based on popular songs titles.
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A Day in a Lion's Life (POV)
It's not what you might think when it comes to being a lion king in the African Savannah.
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History of The World: The American West
Because sometimes school History books don't quite tell it like it is.
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Stanley Kubrick's "Lolita" Drove Hollywood Crazy
He knew lust and understood its effects and consequences.
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Offbeat Chronicles
Offbeat Chronicles
Anecdotal, Short Stories, Essays, and Humour Bits. You won't believe the story about my battle with a Great White in the freezing waters of South Africa.✌️
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