Julie’s Published Work
When All You Have is Your Body
Published in Traverse, September, 2007 I am hurtling down Avenida Reforma, one of Mexico City’s main arteries, in one of the ubiquitous green and white Volkswagen taxis that everyone—tourists and locals alike—waits for, favoring nostalgia and its slight discomforts over the newer red and white Nissan Sentra taxis, which have no personality as far as … Continue reading
Circling Home: An Interview with John Lane
Published in Traverse, February, 2008 * If you were to exit Interstate 85 in Spartanburg, South Carolina on your way to or from some point of greater interest, it’s not likely that much would capture your attention and draw you in. Big box stores and cookie-cutter franchise restaurants line the city’s main street running from … Continue reading
Finding Picasso in Havana
Published in Matador’s Traverse Magazine, September, 2006 Havana’s annual film festival always attracts cinephiles from around the world, but 1999 was a particularly crowd-drawing year. With the premiere of Julia Mirabal’s documentary “Los Picassos Negros” (“The Black Picassos”), film lovers were in for a treat: the first visual evidence corroborating that there is a Cuban … Continue reading