La piedra blanca de Enrique González-Martínez. PORQUE YA MIS TRISTEZAS . . . Porque ya mis tristezas son como los matices sombríos de los cuadros en que la luz fulgura; porque ya paladeo la gota de la amargura en el dorado néctar de las horas felices; porque sé abandonarme, con la santa inconsciencia de una … More Piedra negra sobre una piedra blanca
Biographical criticism is the dominant mode for Vallejo as well; it is as though people thought that if they could find out who he was they might then understand his poetry. This is true in one way: if you cannot understand that this writing does not come entirely out of a Western experience, and if … More Subject
(That is what the colectivo drivers on an important route in Lima used to say.) I have returned from Peru, so I can set up course books on the web for spring, contact the high schools, and start building my course websites. I can call the handyman. I am in a position to write every … More Arequipa Tacna Wilson
Monday I woke up in a remote Andean town and rode down 12,000 feet through the mountains to the Pacific coast, to lunch with many Peruvian regional dishes at the home of the rector of the university. Then I flew to Lima. The Avianca stewardesses wear red capes. Tuesday I took the new Metro(bus) to … More La colonia infinita
I am here again, with this event. Trujillo seems beachy and bright as always, with flags snapping in the breeze, as on a ship. On the Jirón San Martín there are letter-writers for hire on the sidewalk, with manual typewriters and carbon paper. I want to take their picture. Peru is one of the countries … More Trujillo
If, when I was having all these problems with Vallejo in the 1990s and even the early 2000s, I had gotten in touch with the Peruvians, they would have taken care of it all. I should also have gotten in touch in the late 1980s, when I had different problems. But especially when I had … More The Internet
He is an archipelago. Trilce is filled with, even structured by fragments of the myth of Inkarrí. From Los heraldos negros we know that a huaco is …el pichón de cóndor desplumado por latino arcabuz but also [u]n fermento de Sol; ¡levadura de sombra y corazón! The poetic subject is a solar being, latent but … More Additional gossip on César Vallejo
When I return from Peru I will set up course books on the web for spring, contact the high schools, and start building my course websites. I will call the handyman. I will be in a position to write every day, and do things like yoga. ∅ On authority and authoritarianism My colleagues refuse to … More Quand je reviendrai
I am thinking of having a flamenco unit in one of my spring courses, and this is an interesting collection of lyrics. What do you recommend? Axé.
On standing up for oneself, I did it seriously a few days ago and it has made a difference, or meant a shift. Key words from meditation are disturbing and set adrift. There are many perceptions to record and many things to say, but my next long meditation will be on Maringouin, our strange lives … More Quelque chose a changé
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