By 9:30 a.m. on October 1, voting had only just begun at the Sanllehy medical center in the La Salut neighborhood of Barcelona. A large crowd had gathered outside the polling station...

Xavier Roura
Xavier Roura is a cultural journalist and multitasker who specializes in Catalan literature, linguistics, and creative writing. He is also an expert on the genres of industrial metal and goth music. Working with Erasmus exchange students in Catalonia has given him an international and open-minded point of view.