12/28/22: Which ass cookies kick the most ass? I examine the competitors on today's blog.

11/28/20: What kind of Whole New Mess has Angel Olsen gotten herself into? I review her latest release here.

9/10/20: Chrissie Hynde's ex-boyfriends may not enjoy the Pretenders' latest album, but rock fans will lap it up. The review is live today on Global Comment.

4/6/20: A soundtrack for a pandemic: Father John Misty Answers Darkness with Darkness on his latest release.

12/30/19: Free funk for all? On today's blog, I reflect on Montreal's copious bounty of murals.

4/29/19: I recount my latest encounter with fake meat--this time bloodless--on today's blog.

5/18/18: In my review of Alice Merton's No Roots, I explain how my toddler is smarter than talent scouts from various record labels.

5/4/18: Paramore's drummer scores with a new offering that is hypnotic, quixotic, and crisp.

4/30/18: Did Unknown Mortal Orchestra's latest album get accidentally political? I weigh in at Cultured Vultures.

4/4/18: Jack White's latest album, mixing hip-hop, electronic elements, and rock, has furrowed many a brow. I attempt to unpack his intentions in my first piece for Global Comment.

3/1/18: Charlotte Gainsbourg's latest album is a window into her mind. I explain over at the blog.








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"Magical, humorous travel stories....Breakfast for Alligators is a joy to read."
Gregory Hubbs, editor of Transitions Abroad


#1 Amazon bestseller!

A sharp-shooting SWAT team, a Venezuelan producer of alcoholic love potions, and an audacious subway rat are among the cast of characters award-winning author Darrin DuFord encounters in Breakfast for Alligators: Quests, Showdowns, and Revelations in the Americas.

"Darrin DuFord's latest magnum opus vividly takes us from the steamy New Orleans suburbs to the jungles of Guyana to the coffee-covered hills of Nicaragua and beyond. This is more than breakfast: it's a readable, enjoyable feast, best consumed any time of day or night."
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Lowell Thomas Awards Silver Medalist: Is There a Hole in the Boat? Tales of Travel in Panama without a Car

"DuFord introduces us to the people of Panama, and he does it hilariously and most perceptively."
Eric Jackson, The Panama News

"Highly recommended."
Bring your appetite. Bring gifts for the king of the Naso tribe.
Join Darrin DuFord as he hikes, bribes, and barters his way across Panama, a perennially overlooked filament of the tropics where DuFord encounters a startling richness of cultures between the nation's two coastlines. Sitting down with everyone from scientists to town barflies, DuFord samples such local delicacies as fermented corn homebrew and slow-barbecued jungle rodent while, at every turn, taking the more vernacular--and much more enriching--options of transportation.

Whether jostling in the back of a pickup truck serving as the local bus or uncovering how the country is tackling its ecological quandaries, DuFord opens a window into the little-known day to day struggles and pleasures of the Panamanian people. Is There a Hole in the Boat? reveals a Panama that is not simply a place to watch bloated cruise ships edge along the walls of the Canal. It's a land where the machete can slash through just about anything--except the nation's spirit.
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