Paul Perry is an American-Argentine writer, translator and broadcaster who has lived in Buenos Aires since 1990. Originally from Philadelphia, he’s spent over three decades immersed in porteño life — long enough to stop being a tourist and start being a local.
He’s the author of Buenos Aires Chronicles – Poetically Porteño, a collection of poems and prose on expat life in 1990s Argentina, and the host of the Gringos in Buenos Aires Podcast, a live English-language show recorded live every week. Across his work — from the podcast to his Cool Castellano Argentine-slang series — Paul writes about language, culture, humor, and the realities of building a life in Buenos Aires as a long-term expat.
35+ years in Buenos Aires
Living and working in Argentina since 1990 — long enough to stop being a tourist and start being a local.
Published author
Wrote Buenos Aires Chronicles – Poetically Porteño, poems and prose on expat life in 1990s Argentina.
Podcast host
Hosts the live, all-English Gringos in Buenos Aires Podcast, recorded weekly — 170+ episodes.
Published Work
Buenos Aires Chronicles – Poetically Porteño
A collection of poems and prose capturing Paul’s observations of life in Argentina during the 1990s — a surreal, first-hand portrait of a city he still calls home.