This semester I will convert myself from a person attracted to some of the sentences in this essay, into a person who understands it. I It is well-known that an automaton once existed, which was so constructed that it could counter any move of a chess-player with a counter-move, and thereby assure itself of victory … More On the concept of history
Elle avait envie de faire des voyages ou de retourner vivre à son couvent. Elle souhaitait à la fois mourir et habiter Paris. –Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary (1857), Partie 1, Chapitre 9 #OccupyHE. Axé.
Ama tu ritmo y ritma tus acciones bajo su ley, así como tus versos; eres un universo de universos y tu alma una fuente de canciones. La celeste unidad que presupones hará brotar en ti mundos diversos, y al resonar tus números dispersos pitagoriza en tus constelaciones. Escucha la retórica divina del pájaro, del aire … More Ama tu ritmo
“The Earl of Marlborough has ridden off to war, and would not take me with him.” That is early modern folklore in Caribbean rhythm, Feast of Candlemas, Veracruz, Mexico 2013 … on the Papaloapan River. Axé.
Sin entrar en detalles: el amor es cobrizo, pues cobrizo es su centro, ese que se adivina, y mucho más su fondo… El fondo entarascado… el fondo que palpita… Ahí donde las fuerzas del placer y el cariño habrán de florecer sea como sea o como usted prefiera En cambio, o por descuento, la amistad … More El amor es cobrizo
This is my eighth day of not being depressed. I was depressed from 10/X/1991 through 16/VIII/2013, which is just under 22 years. Axé.
Axé.
Six-hand, seven-hand, eight-hand bunch! I have harvested bananas from my trees this afternoon, Cuban bananas in proliferation, in six-hand, seven-hand, and eight-hand bunches. This is literally true. Figuratively now, come mister tally-man, tally me banana. We have to reform our syllabi at this late date due to late directives from the dean, and I will … More Come, mister tally-man, tally me banana
After spending the rest of it at the beach. Axé.
I need an abstract and a title. I may do something about Latin American and Latin Americanists’ exceptionalism on the issue of race. Research advances slowly because everybody is stuck in some eddy fighting it out over who is more and who is less “racist,” or exactly how dark one has to be to be considered … More LASA 2014
