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Nova Express

Category : Life, Toucannuí, Travel, writing · No Comments · by Mar 23rd, 2012

“Nova Express” just went live on TRIP CITY; it’s a look at my first Portuguese “language level-up” and how it came to me:

You can check out the rest of my gringo-in-Brazil memoir TOUCANNUÍ here.

Ser Estrangeiro

Category : Life, Toucannuí, writing · No Comments · by Mar 9th, 2012

“Ser Estrangeiro”, the newest chapter of my gringo-in-Brazil memoir TOUCANNUÍ, is a simpler affair, a reflection about what it means to make a Big Move to another country and what it does to your idea of yourself. It lives here on Trip City now; you can also scroll down for links to the rest of the series, wink wink:

The Fruits of Feirinha

Category : Life, Toucannuí, writing · No Comments · by Mar 3rd, 2012

So: a new chapter of TOUCANNUÍ is up at Trip City, this time an early Saturday morning odyssey into the world of São Paulo’s neighborhood farmer’s markets, the feirinha:

The View from São Joaquim

Category : Life, Toucannuí, writing · No Comments · by Feb 24th, 2012

Over at TRIP CITY, I’ve just posted “The View from São Joaquim”, the new chapter of my gringo-in-Brazil memoir TOUCANNUí, in which I have my first poke around my new neighborhood of Liberdade:

Tanto Chuva

Category : Life, Toucannuí, writing · No Comments · by Feb 17th, 2012

In a few hours I’m going off-grid for a week for Carnavál, but my silky radio-friendly voice will remain here, hovering bodiless in your mind like some sentient amethyst crystal in the form of “Tanto Chuva [Lots of Rain]“, the new chapter of my gringo-in-Brazil memoir TOUCANNUÍ for TRIP CITY.

In today’s installment, a very wet first 24hrs in central São Paulo.

Bem-Vindo

Category : Toucannuí, writing · No Comments · by Feb 10th, 2012

My memoir of my own gringissimo continues today with “Bem-Vindo”, wherein adventures in airport customs provide a first glimpse of Brazil’s underground economy. Only at TRIP CITY:

A Month by the Sea

Category : Life, Toucannuí, writing · No Comments · by Feb 2nd, 2012

My gringo-in-Brazil series TOUCANNUÍ returns today at Trip City with its first real chapter “A Month By the Sea” in which the story gets going… in a red minivan.

TOUCANNUÍ at TRIP CITY

Category : Life, Toucannuí, writing · (1) Comment · by Jan 19th, 2012

Starting today, I’m writing a series of nonfiction “gringo-in-Brazil stories” for the Brooklyn-filtered literary salon TRIP CITY called TOUCANNUÍ, based on my adventures chasing the “global digital creative dream” way down south in Brazil. The first chapter “Dead Yorkie” is live right now for your reading pleasure:

Art Directors & Editors

Category : Illustration · No Comments · by Jan 16th, 2012

To ring in 2012, I’ve just revamped my site, added new work to the

and a second portfolio page full of even


I’ve also totally redone my

page to show off all the pretty covers in my bibliography even better.

Feel free to reach me directly at i [at] dangoldman [dot] net
—–best—–> d!

Featured in Taschen Books’ ILLUSTRATION NOW! 4

Category : Illustration, In Print · No Comments · by Jan 14th, 2012

A quick bloggity-doodle here to let you know I’ve been featured by Taschen Books as one of 150 illustrators in the new ILLUSTRATION NOW! 4. The level of work inside is seriously staggering and inspiring, and somewhere in this fat delicious tome is work by lil’ ol’ me:


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