The Promises of a Continent

By Paul Reyes,  Illustrations by George Butler

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Issue: Spring 2017 / Volume 93/2
Published: April 3, 2017
Paul Reyes

Paul Reyes is VQR’s Editor and is the author of Exiles in Eden: Life Among the Ruins of Florida’s Great Recession. He has published several articles in VQR, including “Opportunity Knocks,” his essay about the Miami organization Take Back the Land, which was a finalist for a Harry Chapin...
George Butler

George Butler is an award-winning artist. In 2012, Butler walked into Syria, where as guest of the Free Syrian Army he drew war-damaged Azaz. This set him on a journey to demonstrate that illustration was equally valuable for recording current affairs in contrast to the news industry’s obsession with headlines...

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