Posts of the week

Another great post on guns. Castrated existences. Material on my novel in this post and an echo here. Daily Kingfish, Lamar White, and Lamar’s links. Louisiana children and teens up for adoption now. Had I not committed to this book project, were I five years younger and so still eligible, and were I just slightly … More Posts of the week

Zhongwen Movies

Here you can watch Chinese movies, as revealed by Hattie. China reminds me of California but only some of these videos are in Cantonese, which is what we would speak in California. China appears to be modern in many ways, but not in teaching methodology; I think this is how the students here, also old … More Zhongwen Movies

Keats

Ode on Melancholy NO, no! go not to Lethe, neither twist   Wolf’s-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine; Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kist   By nightshade, ruby grape of Proserpine; Make not your rosary of yew-berries,          5   Nor let the beetle, nor the death-moth be     Your mournful Psyche, nor the downy owl A partner … More Keats

La otra noticia: Pilipino slaves in Lousiana today

The case was brought on behalf of guestworkers who say they were lured to teach in Louisiana public schools only to be forced into exploitive contracts by labor contractors. The lawsuit accuses officials of two labor contractors – Universal Placement International, based in Los Angeles, and its sister organization, Manila-based PARS International Placement Agency – … More La otra noticia: Pilipino slaves in Lousiana today

Was this the inspiration for Mallarmé’s sonnet in -x?

Look at it. Arnaud Daniel, and there is a translation. Pus Raimons e Truc Malecx chapten n’Enan e sos decx, e ieu serai vielhs e senecx ans que m’acort in aital precx don puesca venir tan grans pecx: al cornar l’agra mestiers becx ab que traisses del corn lo grecx; e pueis pogra leu venir … More Was this the inspiration for Mallarmé’s sonnet in -x?

On French

While I resent the way the French treat the Spanish at my university; while I deny that French Louisiana is all Acadian and that Louisiana is all French; and while I, a skull on a stela at Copán, do not love France in the way I might if I were an upper class postcolonial criollo; … More On French