I am reading on Alcides Arguedas, about whom I knew relatively little. I learned the most amazing thing I have learned all semester: he thought that through education, the Indians of Bolivia could be transformed into Swedes! This is something like Macunaíma, bathing in the magic pool and turning into a beautiful, white prince. * … More Alcides Arguedas
Has anyone been to Veracruz lately? My original plan was to arrive at 11:23 AM, go through customs and then go directly to the bus station, where I would have coffee with milk before catching a bus south to Alvarado. Then there would be a local bus or truck to Tlacotalpan, where Mexico is said … More Veracruz, Ver.
By a brilliant photographer. Axé.
The character in this novel my class is reading is a composer of narcocorridos, which is one reason why I have so many corridos on this blog lately — I find them as I am looking for examples for the students. Now I have found this, on the Battle of Zacatecas, Zacatecas being one of … More Zacatecas
…with the rowboat ice-fast on the shore in the last red light of the year that knows what it is, that knows it’s neither ice nor mud nor winter light but wood, with a gift for burning Axé.
…en el día de su cumpleaños, así nomasito. Axé.
Immigration is not new. Axé.
The harpist starts to sing around 1:22. “Anoche por la ventana, platicando con mi amor.” Axé.
This is quebradita. Axé.
Last night when I got home after an intense discussion of the Trayvon Martin case in this Portuguese conversation group I lead, there were these Black guys working on their stalled truck in the small parking lot kitty corner across from my garage and driveway. After a while one of them came up to my … More Those Stand Your Ground Laws
coldhearted scientist وداد 