The City Paper’s own Jimmy Weiskopf delivers his most recent literary tale of deception, desire and perils of incomplete imagining.
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Words that have stayed with me (A mini-Autobiography by Jimmy Weiskopf))
Words define how we interpret our quotidian realities from a childhood in New York to Amazonian river as Jimmy Weiskopf recalls.
Short story: An Alphabet Soup for Dad’s health
Colombia is a country of acronyms and navigating the health and insurance sectors can be treacherous if you don’t know the difference between a PIN and PSE.
A skewed homage to Terence McKenna in the time of pandemia
From time among shamans in Colombias’ Amazon, the enigmatic ethnobotanist Terence McKenna unveiled societal truths and prophetic in our age of coronavirus.
A personal and virtual tribute of sociologist Alfredo Molano by BanRep
Like many cultural events taking place virtually with the lockdown on Sunday, May 3, Banco de la República will tribute the life and works of sociologist Alfredo Molano.
Jimmy Weiskopf: Coronavirus quarantine from the “Balcony of the Moon”
The author of Ayahuasca: Weaving Destinies, Jimmy Weiskopf describes quarantine from the small Andean community Choachí, known by the Muisca as their “Balcony of the Moon.”
Quarantine reading: Two timid Tibetan monks go West (Part 1)
Author Jimmy Weiskopf breaks the solitude of quarantine with a short story of two timid Buddhist monks heading to a boot camp of meditation in New Hampshire.
Shem The Penman Resurgent
Essayist and chronciler of Bogotá streets Jimmy Weiskopf resurges as Shem The Penman with his unique take on historical lore and folklore.
Shem, the penman: Musings on headlines and historical truths
The streets of Bogotá are dotted with historical refrains, plenty of absurdity and graffitied truths. Shem, a minor penman, offers some wit and droll for minds in lockdown.
Tragedy among Colombia’s Nasa: A photo essay by Malcolm Linton
In southwest Colombia, illegal armed groups have killed community leaders of the Nasa indigenous community as they seize control of lucrative drug routes.
Mambe series: Sacred plants reservations and “ayahuasca tourism”
is the mainstreaming of mambe and other sacred plants and excuse to view the world through the prism of hallucinogens?
Mambe series: I offer my dreams up to science
Jimmy Weiskopf examines the importance of mambe in indigenous cosmogeny in generating dreams both when asleep and awake.
Short story: Poshlost or Masterpiece?
Installment of author Jimmy Weiskopf’s portrayal of literary anti-heroes.