I might get rid of my copy of Vallejo, Espistolario general, the spine is so worn that I can’t see what it is on the shelf and it is available for download here, and used — although perhaps I should keep this after all, other copies are likely as bad. A History of Coca (Mortimer, … More Libros peruanos
I read large parts of the first volume of his book last night — skimming some of it — and it’s brilliant. I’d always wanted to buy/read it, as in when it came out in English, but didn’t have the time/money. It has to do with the present but I think it also has to … More Klaus Theweleit
I can’t pretend to actually read every article or manuscript I recycle without knowing where it is online, but this was a talk Rosanna Reguillo gave at Pittsburgh in 2000 and it is about violence, and maps urban interactions. Axé.
On public history and the creation of the memory of the Cajuns. I don’t want to buy another book this week but I want to read this – and support the author. Axé.
I’m letting this book go today, it’s too dated for me, that is, does not feel like a classic. Axé.
I have so many files I had for work, that I got before the Internet. The ones I am recycling now are from RCLL in 1989 and thereabouts, including John Beverley on Tungsteno and why we should care about the novela social; Achúgar on literatura as a campo de batalla and what literature is generally, … More Vallejo and more
Two books I am renouncing because I don’t think I will read them: Roemer, Telling Stories. I want to read it for teaching reasons and because I think it would really change my thinking on certain things, but I keep not reading it. I will return it to the library, finally. I’d buy it, but … More Padura and Roemer
I have been saying things like this: Aspects of the adoration of Cajuns to which I object include the ubiquity of the fleur-de-lys and the nostalgia for empire, along with the desire to parlay that into becoming kings in a new, corporate empire. If you want credit for being a poor peasant and you’ve decided … More The one defeated
I always have liked Benjamin and actually, I would learn German to read him in the original, and maybe Goethe. The true picture of the past whizzes by. Only as a picture, which flashes its final farewell in the moment of its recognizability, is the past to be held fast. “The truth will not run … More Epigraphs for my novel, and revelations
There is this article that has good, nay, essential bibliography, but I am looking for an article I read a few days ago. The post-Mexican era began recently, as NAFTA collapsed I believe, and I need to understand these things more. We are now in an entity that replaces the one called Mexico. One important … More Sobre la pos-mexicanidad
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