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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Note</category>
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<item><title>A Verse That Came to Me in a Dream</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ver60648/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ver60648/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Poem</category>
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<item><title>Prologue to the ‘Essential Anthology’</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/genesepro/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/genesepro/</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Foreword</category>
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<item><title>The Coin and the Poem</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ref60509/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ref60509/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Reflection</category>
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<item><title>Vestige</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ver60446/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ver60446/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Poem</category>
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<item><title>The Trick</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/min60437/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/min60437/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Flash fiction</category>
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<item><title>Fallen</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/min60435/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/min60435/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Flash fiction</category>
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<item><title>Reply to Willie Colón</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/epi60266/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/epi60266/</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Letter</category>
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<item><title>Décima of a Liar from Los Santos in Melbourne</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/dec60198/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/dec60198/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Décima</category>
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<item><title>The restoration of a tarnished icon</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev57625/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev57625/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>The biopic 'Hands of Stone' offers an insightful vindication of Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán</description></item>
<item><title>On Noriega’s Statements</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/apo57198/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/apo57198/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Note</category>
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<item><title>On the Changes to the Rules of the Miró</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/art57065/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/art57065/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category>
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<item><title>Godzilla is great eye candy, but not much of a story</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56813/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56813/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>Latest remake is a visual tour de force with a rather shallow storyline</description></item>
<item><title>Bringing the X-Men back to life</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56814/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56814/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>X-Men: Days of Future Past works like a charm, as long as you don’t overthink it</description></item>
<item><title>Ceci n’est pas une interview</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56762/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56762/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>In this brilliant documentary, Morris gives Rumsfeld free rein to reveal his true self</description></item>
<item><title>The return of the blue macaw</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56758/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56758/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>For people with kids, few options can top Rio 2, which even has laughs for parents</description></item>
<item><title>A formal challenge to myths about atheism</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56695/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56695/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>Two scholars debunk everything you got wrong about atheism, and then some</description></item>
<item><title>One chess champion per laptop</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56672/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56672/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category>
<description>New chess engines bring ancient game to unprecedented heights</description></item>
<item><title>The Passion of the Capt’n</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56607/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56607/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>Captain Phillips is proof that a movie can feel like a documentary</description></item>
<item><title>Portrait of the master as a young man</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56525/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56525/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>The Grandmaster is a poetic, albeit choppy, hagiography of Ip Man</description></item>
<item><title>This ain’t no District 9</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56526/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56526/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>Blomkamp’s Elysium delivers in special effects, fails in many other aspects</description></item>
<item><title>You know the plot; you’ve seen every twist before</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56527/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56527/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>Paranoia has no saving grace</description></item>
<item><title>On how Logan got his groove back</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56507/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56507/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>The Wolverine’s ill-conceived ending falls flat, despite a magnificent Hugh Jackman</description></item>
<item><title>I don’t really care who you are</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56508/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56508/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>Acting, writing, directing, and editing all conspire to bring We’re the Millers down</description></item>
<item><title>Of orcas and corporations</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56509/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56509/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>A heartrending documentary about the truths kept from us</description></item>
<item><title>Just what it says on the tin</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56510/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56510/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>Pacific Rim features 3D robot eye-candy, 2D characters and a 1D plot</description></item>
<item><title>See Denzel and Mark have fun with guns</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56511/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56511/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>Forget the drama and bring the popcorn for this fun action flick</description></item>
<item><title>Cult espionage</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56456/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56456/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>Eco-terrorism and the evils of capitalism</description></item>
<item><title>Superman: the man, the hero — and the genre</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56457/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/rev56457/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category>
<description>Steel yourself for a retelling of the familiar story</description></item>
<item><title>Grapefruit</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ref56418/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ref56418/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Reflection</category>
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<item><title>Verses on the Death of My Father</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ver56352/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ver56352/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Poem</category>
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<item><title>Note on the Anniversary of the JDC</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/epi55562/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/epi55562/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Letter</category>
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<item><title>To Old Franco</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ver55764/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ver55764/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Poem</category>
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<item><title>Fire in the Juvenile Wing</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ver55582/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/ver55582/</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Poem</category>
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<item><title>Coronation</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/cnt55562/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/cnt55562/</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Short story</category>
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<item><title>Attempting a Country with Democracy</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/art55508/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/art55508/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category>
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<item><title>JCI Outstanding Young Persons Award</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/dis55456/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/dis55456/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Speech</category>
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<item><title>Social Responsibility Award</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/dis54785/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/dis54785/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Speech</category>
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<item><title>Easter Sunday</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/versslvl5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/versslvl5/</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Long-line poem</category>
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<item><title>Vigil for Jesus</title><link>https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/versslvl0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://roberto.perez-franco.com/en/versslvl0/</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Long-line poem</category>
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