Nostalgia por la luz
08/12/2011
This was the last film we saw in my class and it was downright spiritual, especially coming on the heels of Biutiful. I don’t think you can see these films and stay the same. Axé.
Month: December 2011
More fuming at academic advice and about curriculum
07/12/2011
Theme. I finally understand why the academic advisers keep saying to cut corners on teaching: they don’t teach beginning or general education courses, or if they do, they have TAs or at least graders. I know exactly how to do a good job on an upper division or a graduate course without overworking but there … More More fuming at academic advice and about curriculum
Un retrato sorprendente
07/12/2011
Tonight my student took a picture of our class “to document ourselves since we are a historical event: the first course ever given on [genre] at this university.” This was after I spent a weekend writing a curriculum for a new major. Earlier this semester I had been informed that my courses on [genres, topics] … More Un retrato sorprendente
Circuits, withal
06/12/2011
I think one of the electrical circuits in the house is going, as lights have been browning out. This circuit appears to rule the living room, the hall and the air conditioning. Can I still use these things while they are partially functional, as they are now, or must I unplug everything until this wire … More Circuits, withal
Marcha de las calaveras
05/12/2011
Alejandro Jodorowsky, the Chilean filmmaker, in Mexico City to perform “psycho-magic” against the narco-killings. The poem chosen to inaugurate the event was Los heraldos negros. Axé.
A Question on Russell Berman
04/12/2011
Graduate students ought to be able to complete course work in two years, says the President of the MLA. From the BA, two years of coursework, then two of examination and thesis, and that is all. What do you think of this? Doesn’t it reduce the PhD to what the MA once was and still … More A Question on Russell Berman
La femme d’Althusser
04/12/2011
Había pertenecido a la Resistencia y jugado un papel relevante en Lyon, el territorio del carnicero Klaus Barbie, donde la pequeña judía había tenido responsabilidades militares. Ella encarnaba en buena medida ese vínculo transformador del mundo, el contacto con lo verdaderamente real, el vivir de acuerdo con los principios —como le dirá en una carta—, … More La femme d’Althusser
Que sais-je?
04/12/2011
After twenty years I have figured out of whom I could have asked the question I had. I really had not thought of it. I was very frustrated because I asked so many people whom I might ask, and none even recognized my question. But in at least some cases, it might have been that … More Que sais-je?
I might shut down this blog after all, because I might have ruined it by letting people out it.
04/12/2011
This blog contains no secrets but it exists to I can say to myself things I would not say to others. So that I can steam emotional pain out of myself. So that I can find out how far things go. So that I can look at my words and find out which have hidden … More I might shut down this blog after all, because I might have ruined it by letting people out it.
Walk(er)ing further in Nicaragua
04/12/2011
Granada would awake each morning with bells and cries of vendors in the streets: I have oranges, papayas, jocotes, watermelons, musk melons, zapotes! — Who wants to buy? and water vendors with their casks crying out: Waaaaaaaater, waaaater, waaaater! All day long that cry of water would cool the streets and there were stands with … More Walk(er)ing further in Nicaragua
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