What I am asking

04/03/2026

…is that they put hiring research faculty in Spanish, and revitalizing Spanish, in the strategic plan. Reasons are to stabilize the department (strong Spanish will do that), but also to serve the needs of the state and the region (if we don’t have the major and a path to an M.A., only LSU and Tulane … More What I am asking

More things

04/03/2026

1/ That AAUP grant report. Evans’ flight was $628 and his hotel was $349. We had planned on $943 and spent $977. That is what I think it was. I need to make this grant report. 2/ These headaches. I think they are repressed anger, frustration, lack of support, and also ANTI-SUPPORT, and from not … More More things

Vallejo and more

02/03/2026

I have so many files I had for work, that I got before the Internet. The ones I am recycling now are from RCLL in 1989 and thereabouts, including John Beverley on Tungsteno and why we should care about the novela social; Achúgar on literatura as a campo de batalla and what literature is generally, … More Vallejo and more

Not said

02/03/2026

P.S. Lagniappe: honestly, for recruiting, I would also turn the 300 level introductions into more focused courses on current topics. What hip people now do at the 300 level are things like this: – Latino Presence in the US (NOT “Spanish for heritage speakers” focusing on spelling and grammar for people who speak but haven’t learned to … More Not said

Cómo trabajar

25/02/2026

What you need is discipline, structure, and freedom. What we have is oppression, disorganization, and stricture. This is very, very important. It is what I got from Reeducation. Everyone has always said I was too scientific and organized, but actually I am quite laid-back. They also thought I was too focused. But look. And by … More Cómo trabajar

Not on Facebook

16/02/2026

Now that I am speaking so openly, and feeling much more like a living person than a voice from beyond the grave, I might as well continue. The really difficult thing about being in Spanish in my department has been that French meets, so French knows what it is doing and knows what the university … More Not on Facebook