In The Art of Touch: Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond, the unique voices of thirty-nine of some of the most creative thinkers of our times have been brought together to consider the profound impact of one of our five main senses: touch.Psychologists, healers, massage therapists, academics, creative writers, and others reflect on or tell personal stories about what it means to be able to touch or experience touch, or to have to go without it—as so many did and ...

How does citizen activism win changes in national policy? Which factors help to make myriad efforts by diverse actors add up to reform? What is needed to overcome setbacks, and to consolidate the smaller victories?These questions need answers. Aid agencies have invested heavily in supporting civil society organizations as change agents in fledgling and established democracies alike. Evidence gathered by donors, NGOs and academics demonstrates how advocacy and campaigning can reconf...

" Insólitos y siniestros, atrapantes y melodramáticos, estremecedores y crueles, los cuentos de Beatriz Guido condensan su mirada sobre una realidad rugosa, llena de pliegues, que muestra un cariz inverosímil y, a la vez, crudo, como si se echara sobre ella una luz develadora.Cualquiera sea la obra que leamos que lleve su firma, sabemos que todo lo malo que pueda ocurrir sucederá en su peor versión posible. El desenlace siempre se produce de manera inespera...