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Mauricio Ruiz is a writer and journalist who has lived in the US, Belgium, Mexico and Norway.Ā His work has appeared inĀ Words Without Borders, Catapult,Ā The Common,Ā The Rumpus,Ā Electric Literature,Ā JMWW,Ā River Teeth,Ā Literal Magazine, among others.Ā He's been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Myriad Editions Competition in the UK, as well as the Fish Short Story Prize in Ireland. He has received fellowships fromĀ OMI writers (NY), SociĆ©tĆ© des auteurs (Belgium), Jakob Sande (Norway), Can Serrat (Spain), and the Three Seas' Council (Rhodes). His second book, Silencios al sur, was published in early 2017, and his work has partially been translated into Dutch and French.Ā Mauricio Ruiz can be followed on Twitter and Instagram.

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8 February 2022

Is SantarƩm the capital of Portuguese Gothic?

SantarĆ©m, just an hour from Lisbon in the heart of Ribatejo region, is a dream for fans of architecture. Known as the ā€˜Gothic Capitalā€™, it possesses so many Gothic monuments that it single-handedly provides a journey [ā€¦]