…more of my bad style. I do not get to move a millimeter from here this summer, which is why I must place myself on virtual immersion. Read a lot in Spanish and Portuguese and also listen to people whose style I like, talking. Los proyectos de identidad mestizos no son exclusivamente latinoamericanos. Desde el … More Writing du jour
You can see how long I have been obsessed with the topic of my alleged book: this abstract is of a talk I gave in 1996. This presentation would be a critique of Hispanocentrism in the discourse of Spanish-American literature and culture. I would argue that the discourse of Hispanism (including the important pan-Hispanic movement … More The Discourse of Hispanism and the Elision of Difference
I told you, vision is the thing. Goode, 25: in Covarrubias’ dictionary of 1611, “raza” is said to refer to thoroughbred horses, which are branded with an iron so they can be known. Race is important to know but hard to see. Far from being free of racial thinking, Spain is the first racial state. … More That discerning eye
Joshua Goode says Spain attributed its 1898 defeat to the racial inferiority of its soldiers — they were not mixed enough. Mixing the blood of Spaniards would also help dissolve regional divisions in the country. They reasoned that when you choose the most robust youths for soldiers, you then remove their genes from the general … More Insufficient mestizaje
2 eggs, 1 cup of kefir, 2 cups of sugar = mix them all well together 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 2 tablespoons of cocoa, 1 tablespoon of olive or vegetable oil = add to the mix and mix very well 2 cups of flour = add to the mix and mix well to create … More That kefir cake
I was out walking and came upon one of the bailes de cuna Villaverde describes taking place in Havana, but that we also have here. A grandfather in a green silk suit waved me in. Another one grabbed me to dance. I like your step was his first salida. Caribbean men. He was one of … More Call for contributions
This looks a little more modern than it does when you see it in person, but yes — we do have concentration camps with slave labor doing factory work for corporations. I still say work on this is the most important of the things I do, and I really wish I were empowered to work … More Angola bound
This is of course the 82d anniversary of the founding of the 2d Spanish Republic on 14 April 1931. In Madrid today it is sunny and there are crowds at the Puerta del Sol and elsewhere waving Republican flags. Here is a photograph uploaded to Facebook seven minutes ago by my friend, República Española: It … More Salud y República
If I am awakened from really deep sleep, the dreams that are interrupted are different, slower, and more mythical than the ones I have in the morning, when I am in the process of waking up anyway. Here is a recent dream that I have actually had several times — for all I know, I … More Dreams
At the market I ran into a former co-worker and friendly acquaintance with whom I struck up a lively conversation on current events. We were so interesting that a yet more eccentric shopper joined in. Some of this shopper’s initial remarks indicated he was schizophrenic, that is, a visionary. Later on he said the reason people … More Revelation in Rouse’s
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