In which quadroon balls appear to be a myth
03/03/2013
They are apparently a myth. What will people say when they find out? Axé.
Category: News
On starting where one left off, this time much stronger.
03/03/2013
Here is part of the MLA proposal I had just written when I lost my way in life a second or third time. But early April 2004, still in Lent, was the last time I was able to concentrate as I am now. I was so happy to be working again and although I did … More On starting where one left off, this time much stronger.
Creole slaves in New Orleans, 1863
02/03/2013
Here they are. Axé.
Le samedi
02/03/2013
It is so cold, dry, and bright in New Orleans that one could be in Castile. The old quarter was rebuilt by Spain after a fire in the eighteenth century and it is all just so Spanish. Nobody has commented on my changing blog scene. The present picture is not as rich as the one … More Le samedi
El reporte para el writing group
01/03/2013
The colleague I am losing, and who is my only colleague, and who will not be replaced, has now edited my project description and he is very intelligent. (As people working on the literature and history of Hispanic world, which is of course a very large part of the whole world, we are “in a … More El reporte para el writing group
John White
28/02/2013
Some recent antics of our Superintendent of Education, a Jindal appointee and charter schools advocate. Axé.
That Discerning Eye: Vision, Race, and the State in Modern Latin American Literature
28/02/2013
This series of overlapping essays examines the articulation of race and the state as it appears in literary and cultural discourse in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Authors and works discussed include Brazilian authors Aluízio de Azevedo (O Mulato), Mário de Andrade (modernismo, canonicity and ethnography), Gilberto Freyre (Casa-Grande e Senzala and other writings), and … More That Discerning Eye: Vision, Race, and the State in Modern Latin American Literature
Minuit
28/02/2013
Doing what one wishes, what one thinks best, always gives the best results. I am not raised to even imagine doing this, but to choose the most interesting thing off a preapproved list or to choose, from the list, what is desired for me. I am still trying to learn to do as I see … More Minuit
The Ivor Situation
27/02/2013
Vichy State University is so openly crooked it is hard to believe. Here is Raymond Seed in case you do not trust Van Heerden. Note that Voyiadjis and Dokka were elite professors. Bassiouni is retiring with honors and Ruffner has escaped to Georgia. By Jan. 5, 2006, less than five months after the deadly flooding … More The Ivor Situation
Spain in 1830
26/02/2013
Look at this book by an English traveler concerned to prove the backwardness of Spain. It is extremely interesting. Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 