It is so cold here in Maringouin, no building can stop it. The air-swords find subtle entry to your flesh at every point. I am still reading about Esther Murphy in Lisa Cohen’s book and wondering whether I resemble her, in her intense, yet undisciplined work effort, her struggle to focus, and her planned, yet … More Esther Murphy
Professors: Who do the AAUP think they are, and why must we do what they want? It is for our own good that we are told to ignore them! Yes, this happened. Axé.
My friend is going to China and staying in this Shanghai hotel when he lands. It has a sauna and a sun deck but for a place at that level I think the China Mansion looks more beautiful. I, however, would go to the Qinling Mountains, Pingyao, Zhangjiajie, and Kashgar. I have become extremely interested … More Voyage en Chine
Some of this is stolen or imitated from other people and I am posting it so that others may also take ideas from me. The idea is that this course be issues driven, not periods-and-styles driven, but I am not quite there yet. Much is being left out and this is a survey course. I … More Modern Spain: Literature and Society 1700-2013
→ I am looking for the shortest possible novel or other literary work or interconnected series of works on the Spanish Civil War, ideally published in the 21st century although I will take the late 20th if necessary. So far I have Javier Cercas, Soldados de Salamina (2001) at 204 pages. I do not want to … More Bibliography today
How many have you been to? 1. Tokyo, Japan – 32,450,000 2. Seóul, South Korea – 20,550,000 3. Mexico City, Mexico – 20,450,000 4. New York City, USA – 19,750,000 5. Mumbai, India – 19,200,000 6. Jakarta, Indonesia – 18,900,000 7. Sáo Paulo, Brazil – 18,850,000 8. Delhi, India – 18,680,000 9. Õsaka/Kobe, Japan – … More World’s largest cities and languages, 2012
This is being shown in Maringuouin today. Axé.
Perhaps where I differ from Doris Sommer on the 19th century novel is that she sees the racial and cultural issues it engages as through the post-Vasconcelos, post-Freyre, official mestizaje offered as a solution to the question of social cohesio, and does not realize it. Or that she buys in too easily to the idea … More Working on a structure
Now I need to come up with something about Marthe Robert and Doris Sommer and María and more. I was allowing myself to read a little more about Vallejo before going on, and I discovered a very, very important fact. Namely, the kind of surprise I get for not doing things and not keeping up … More Michelle Clayton
♦Lisa Cohen’s book. Apparently Esther Murphy’s father scorned the children because they would not be able to repeat his trajectory, having been born at a different time. The family climate was a “miasma of depression and fear of withdrawn favor.” (29) ♦ That entire issue of RQ where Hart’s article on Vallejo as optical illusion … More Thursday topics
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