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Paradise Loss: A Novel

Paradise Loss: A Novel

Five Europeans eager to escape their pasts relocate to the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica - will they survive life in the jungle?

2023

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REVIEW: ‘Anatomy of a Fall’

So much more than a courtroom thriller

6 min readFeb 4, 2024

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REVIEW: ‘Anatomy of a Fall’

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Barbie-Washed

If Barbieland is so “equitable and perfect”, why is the blonde and blue-eyed stereotype still the ruler of them all?

4 min readJan 26, 2024

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Girls vs. Boys — Outdated Gender Stereotypes and Male Drift

A Gen X couple in conversation

5 min readNov 22, 2023

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The Killer — A Study in Hollywood’s Nihilism Worship

SPOILER ALERT

5 min readNov 13, 2023

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The Killer — A Study in Hollywood’s Nihilism Worship

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Rainbow Salad

What They Cannot Take

A poem by Diana García

1 min readApr 12, 2024

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What They Cannot Take

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Rainbow Salad

Madmen

Madmen who harm women and children Have taken the world over — Again. I lived this narrative as a child, and as a citizen now, I live it —…

1 min readJan 17, 2024

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Madmen

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Menopause Matters

Insomnia + Depression = What?

My new 3 AM reading habit begins

5 min readDec 5, 2023

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Insomnia + Depression = What?

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Flashback to High School Embarrassment

It was already noon on a sun-drenched Saturday, and the volunteers I had joined that morning to plant trees and clean up garbage in a…

4 min readNov 12, 2023

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Woman covering face in embarrassment

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Menopause Matters

Did Sinéad die of a broken heart — and was her surgical menopause a contributing factor?

“Maybe the opposite is true, that everyone else hasn’t let themselves get close enough. That they aren’t invested enough, and that empathy…

4 min readNov 1, 2023

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Did Sinéad die of a broken heart — and was her surgical menopause a contributing factor?

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Not your kind of neighborhood? Think again.

When you are traveling abroad, particularly in the Global South, may I suggest that you don’t judge a neighborhood through a “First World”…

4 min readOct 30, 2023

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Not your kind of neighborhood? Think again.

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Diana García

Diana García

Book Author

I am the daughter of mixed US/Costa Rican heritage, an avid reader and traveler. Paradise Loss is my debut novel. https://linktr.ee/dianagarciaauthor

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