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Short Story: The Gift: Postcard from Pulau Aru

October 8, 2015

The Gift Aru has held a special place for me ever since reading Alfred Wallace’s book On the Natural History of the Aru Islands many years ago. When this particular opportunity to actually go there came up, I couldn’t resist. I knew Aru would not be the romantic, exotic place I had read about so … More Short Story: The Gift: Postcard from Pulau Aru

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