Where I've Never Been, Margaret Randall

“The broader and deeper one's reach, the more the seemingly exotic is rendered familiar.”

In the first publishing of her essay, "Where I’ve Never Been," Margaret Randall retraces her footsteps across the globe, the places she has been and the places she still longs to go.

For Randall, travel is deeply personal. “I lived, worked, coupled, and gave birth to children in three countries… eight of my ten grandchildren, and my five great-grandchildren live in other countries.” She is not just a spectator, her connection to places, even visited once, stay with her. This text serves as both a travelogue and a manifesto, experiencing the ethics of tourism and the principles by which she moves through the world.

Randall’s prose pulls the reader into the slipstream of a life defined by movement. Most poignantly, she reflects on the places she—now limited by age and ability—knows she will never see. These "unvisited" spaces stand out with a particular, luminous clarity. Her map is not one of beaches and bistros, but of ancient ruins, revolutions, and the quiet corners where tourists are absent. Featuring her own photography and cover art by her wife, Barbara Byers, "Where I’ve Never Been" is a deeply personal artifact.

Margaret Randall’s writing maintains a perspective that makes the reader feel and the "powers that be" fear. She doesn’t merely write about revolution; she lives within it: Cuba, Nicaragua, just two of the places where Randall has been part of the movement. Upon her return from travels to the U.S. in 1984, she was ordered deported because her writing was deemed “against the good order and happiness of the United States.” Following a five-year legal battle and immense community support, she won her case and her citizenship was restored in 1989. Her work continues to inspire and inform the ever evolving fight against fascism.

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