The university library is closed, but public library is open and the book I want is in it. This is rare. It’s even open now, and I can walk there. I’m going. I’m mesmerized by the choices of tile for the floor. My two other floors have tile by Segarra, and if I continue with … More Public library, and tile
For summer I am trying to step up my program of divesting myself of books and files. My focus is on copies of books I doubt I will read, and on journal issues now available electronically. Yesterday I got rid of a nice copy of George Steiner, After Babel, because the pages are so yellowed. … More Farvel, farvel
So now I’m a council member of ERIP, LASA’s section on ethnicity, race, and indigenous peoples, and you can’t say I don’t do service. Ergo, 2020-2022: President, Louisiana Conference of AAUP; Vice-President, Feministas Unidas; Council, ERIP. The university does not value my views but these organizations do. On being treated with disrespect: people who are … More ERIP, and Disciplined Minds
I recycled today this issue of Revista Iberoamericana because you can see it all online. It is thirty years old. When it came out I knew so many people in it, and I think it is a good issue generally, so it was hard not to keep as a memento of myself, things I read … More Sobre el modernismo
This is an important little piece to read. And I want this book Global Raciality, but not at its price. I wish we had a library, and that it kept up with things. They have it at LSU-S and I should get it by interlibrary loan. And finally, I have always admired this article on … More Reading stories like an underdog
1 Friday, planned: a/ work on classes, b/ buy tables, c/ decide yes or no on the AP reading, d/ do not work on research. Actual: a/ worked on classes, b/ investigated tables and decided against, c/ decided no on the AP reading, d/ opened abstract. 2 Saturday, planned: a/ work on classes, b/ cleaning, … More Logs of May
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