I have not read the latest quasi-biography of Vallejo (that I know of offhand) and I should. It is short and by Silva-Santisteban, and it is from 2010, and it accompanied an exposition. I have said this before but someone should write a serious biography of this poet, because things just do not add up … More César Vallejo
Suicide note, via Clarissa. He sounds like a great person. That was a post from January 10, 2011 and I am moving it here and adding to it for the upcoming anniversary since this is a very interesting case. Zeller speaks of “the darkness” and his is very serious but I know in a smaller … More Bill Zeller, and those Andeans
Momo came up with a year-in-review concept: look back at the first post of each month. On this blog it is easier to find the last, so that is what I have done. The record shows that at the end of each of the first five months I was happy with what I had accomplished (even … More Last Year
Today I bought a book and it is important, this week, to renew membership to at least one more professional society, and then one more. It is important to have enough of the right equipment, and to thicken the atmosphere about you. I am righting my listing research program. Not having a writing group over … More El programa
I woke up this morning to gray skies, rain, a desk covered with Christmas cards still not answered, and a car that is having some problems. I was awakened by a nightmare in which repairs were being made inside my house — repairs which are necessary but not urgent, and which it would have been … More 1.1.2013
Someone commented asking me what I think of Houston as a city to live in now and also later as an old person. They then asked me not to publish the comment, so I will answer the question briefly, without alluding directly to questions raised in the comment and which apparently could have de-anonymized the … More Houston
I woke up on the last day of 2012 to a gray sky, thinking I never want to sabotage myself or be complicit or accepting of sabotage again. That, as it turns out, is what I will renounce in the new year. I ordered a copy of Elsewhere. I once planned lectures while driving, like … More Emiliano Zapata
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