Exceso de vida, instinto de muerte
19/10/2025
I’ve always liked the title of this piece – it’s worthy of Bataille – and I like Sarmiento’s writing, and enjoy his ravings. … More Exceso de vida, instinto de muerte
Author: Iansã
Orrego: Hacia un humanismo americano
19/10/2025
Mejía Baca published this in 1966. Antenor Orrego died in 1960. I still have my Vallejo project to do. I am not one of those who believes Vallejo was arguing as an Inca or anything like that, but there were all of these americanist projects at the time he was writing and Vallejo is in … More Orrego: Hacia un humanismo americano
Burns on Brazilian Modernism
12/10/2025
These were very old notes too, that I kept. Let’s see what is in them. This Burns I was taking notes on must have been E. Bradford Burns. Brazil became independent because it had become a kingdom. Dom João feared it would ask for independence and told Dom Pedro to declare it. That way, it … More Burns on Brazilian Modernism
Joseba Gabilondo
12/10/2025
España postimperial is available for free in PDF on the author’s website. It is worth reading. Axé.
Said
12/10/2025
There was a New Yorker article from 2021 on Said and Aijaz Ahmad I ripped a page out of, and here it is. It’s page 86. I remember reading the Ahmad critiques of many things and liking it. The New Yorker writer reminds us that Said was not aware of Asian, African, or Latin American … More Said
Juan Fló: Acerca de unos borradores de Vallejo
20/09/2025
An article I photocopied before there were online databases, and now I don’t need the photocopy because it is available in PDF via Project Muse. It’s in Nuevo Texto Crítico VIII:16/17 (Julio 1995-Junio 1996). Axé.
Vanguardia y cosmopolitismo
12/09/2025
I’m taking a chance on this book remaining available. My copy, a Portuguese translation, was bought in São Paulo in 1985, and it is nostalgic for that reason. But it’s so yellowed and dog-eared, it looks like a corpse on my shelf, so it’s something I can shed. I remember Jorge Schwarz’ classes, and everything, … More Vanguardia y cosmopolitismo
Comment vivre
15/08/2025
Recently, I’ve had some days where I felt well here, bringing summer relaxation from Europe and keeping the bubble around me. Not all days, and right now I am not doing well. All of this is to say I shouldn’t prevent myself from feeling well, don’t need to transfer pain onto work, don’t need to … More Comment vivre
More Mbembe
24/07/2025
I’m right: race is at the center (of the colonial drama). Of course one knows this but my questions all started out with these novels being taught as examples of literary movements, the issues they raise not addressed at all, and with the fact that I assumed, from my education, that racism was something we’d … More More Mbembe
Mbembe on vision (and more)
23/07/2025
You see, I am right. Discerning race is something you must do to maintain the colonial gaze. It is really quite simple. Page 111:For the Black Man to be seen and for him to be identified as such, a veil must have already been placed over his face, making it a face “bereft of all … More Mbembe on vision (and more)
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