I woke up this morning at home. I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom. I woke up telling myself that just because I was home did not mean I had to suffer. I woke up saying just because I was now so close to my university and so far from the … More Je suis arrivée / Sobre la tristeza
Not-writing is like a bath running. In other words: I am not entirely happy about certain offers to come here and give workshops, because the Herculean amount of planning and organization it would take to fund and publicize these events would impede my own research and writing. I must find a way to keep this … More Not-writing is like a bath running
That is the writing advice given by a journalist in this schlocky film. It is very different from the advice about forcing yourself with alarm clocks while holding it all back in a combination of anti-perfectionism (anything is good enough) and decorum (say something that will be confirm the convictions of the editors) that the … More “El secreto está en dejarse la vida en ello”
I understand why the AAUP is promoting this, and there is no other viable position to take, but I have been being exhorted for decades about how I should support newer or contingent faculty and my question is, when are they going to support me — not me personally, but any academic values, and anything … More That One Faculty campaign
Before college: Anything you do that is your own or that is expressive of you causes your mother to suffer the greatest of tortures. Be still. Before graduate school: You cannot do anything and must get married so someone will support you, but you will not of course be able to marry anyone who loves … More All those threats
You say you are hiding your intellectual views to be discreet and not offend those you perceive to be in power, but you are quite free with personal insults to those you perceive not to be. It is in fact a good idea when you are new faculty to ask questions rather than make judgments, … More Dear graduate student…
Hoy le ha entrado una astilla. Me viene, hay días, una gana ubérrima, política. These are the poems I would like to present this week. That pain that is so often just below the surface. “You are in crisis,” someone said. “You are so calm and meditative,” said another. “You are in a panic,” said … More Questo, e questo; París, y 4, y 5
It is what is done to my field and research in my field by the university, and from a much broader point of view there is this. Axé.
Those were some words and phrases the Emeritus Professor used tonight in response to my description of some activities of the upper administration. Axé.
Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time! When you can’t create you can work. Cement a little every day, rather than add new fertilizers. Those are our three points du jour, although my favorites are still “Work on one thing at a time until finished” and “Work calmly, … More More from Miller
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