This was the scene late this afternoon / early this evening on the Plaza de la Constitución, Mexico City, as PRD candidate AMLO closed his campaign. (Look how you can see the mountains that ring the city.) I did not go because I wanted to do work, but it was a major event and it … More México, D.F., Zócalo tonight
Axé.
IN JULY I MUST Work on computer files Call my T.A. Follow up on my denied grant Finish site for that Cultural Studies course Make plans for New Orleans and Austin Work on fiction Started, keep going I must also work on paper correspondence Update membership in professional societies Do academic work Teach Continue acquiring … More No he terminado de estar aquí
The best lodging in Tlacotalpan, Ver., is the Posada Doña Soco and it does not have a website. I am therefore giving directions here. Socorro Flores Sandoval Francisco Javier Mina, No. 7 Colonia Centro 95461 Tlacotalpan, Veracruz Tel.: (288) 884 23 19 Cel.: (288) 110 39 35 The location is between the Plaza Santa Marta … More Tlacotalpan lodging
In the case of this particular text, my theory of writing a small amount every day is not working. It is just making me worry the thing too much, which exhausts me and prevents advancement. I know the theory is, just free write then; however I have already explained that and furthermore, I already have … More On NOT (always) writing every day
I was never a fan of these all night Latin American bus rides, that is to say these all night bus rides that are so popular in Latin America and sometimes inevitable, and every time I take one I say it will be my last. But if you arrive at 6 AM in Mexico City, … More Amanecer en el Zócalo
Glissant’s book also has much more in it on the psychology of domination than I had realized, and is in general much more thoroughgoing and serious than it had ever seemed to me the various times I had tried to work with it in a rushed way (the academic way). I am reading slowly which … More Lentitude
I must get hold of, and read, this 2005 book by Doris Garraway. I have been rereading Glissant’s discours antillais and finally understand it, or understand it as it was meant, perhaps. It is a better book than I thought; I always liked Glissant and now I like this book, too. I have it with me … More The Libertine Colony
This is the Beka chair at OfficeMax and I like it. I also like this white floor lamp I saw, which I cannot find a picture of but which they say they will have more of soon, both here and in the United States. It is boring to patronize OfficeMax in Mexico instead of somewhere … More In OfficeMax
It will be St. John’s Eve this weekend, so it is fitting to discuss bonfires. Here is a description of a book I would really like to read. After an introduction which explains the significance of bonfires and lays out the sources for the book, the narrative begins in Iberia with a brief history of … More Very Early Mexico
