“There is nothing like having risked your life with people over something immensely important to you.” —Guyot I am obsessed with civil rights because I associated it with school. It was the big event of the day when I started. School was freedom in itself, and freedom was also taking place. This is the feeling … More Lawrence Guyot
W. H. Auden makes the case for art and against social science, sport, and hygiene I was raised with. I must actually study Thomas’ post, which I have not yet done and which is another matter. I am not a Bohemian but a great bourgeoise. To be a Bohemian like César Vallejo, for instance, you … More On Bohemians
Here we are in December, rained out of a canoe and kayaking excursion and listening to a man from San Sebastián tell us his fascinating tale of life in the Louisiana swamps. He had come to practice for living in the Amazon, but he has stayed. I am the one sitting with crossed arms in … More I need to look more fashionable.
Read all about it. Read more from Copenhagen, remembering of course that Denmark is our theme this Christmas (which is not over yet, we are on the tenth day)! Under Which Lyre A REACTIONARY TRACT FOR THE TIMES (Phi Beta Kappa Poem, Harvard, 1946) Ares at last has quit the field, The bloodstains on the … More W. H. Auden
What rakish things have authors you study done? I have been looking at new tv programs about Vallejo and Arguedas. These are some very famous Peruvians and I would like to discuss some of their less famous, or less worshipped activities. For instance, what do you think Vallejo’s issue was with all those girlfriends? He … More An irreverent post on Saint César
The sun has come out, thank God, and I am bringing my list forward. I may not be living well, but I am not falling prey either to the discourse of Reeducation or my first education, so this is a good thing. I have to get stronger and stronger so I do not fall prey … More Le soleil
Look at this video. It is really interesting discussion material for the culture class, for one thing. And the language politics are eerily familiar. Also, these educators have a much more interesting job than I do, perhaps. I must go to Andahuaylas in any case. For this I would have to be in Peru in … More Bilingual education in the land of Arguedas
They discuss their colleagues the ancient Mayans, and then go on. Axé.
I am putting Arguedas and Vallejo in my book. The book will be a series of overlapping essays. I can publish some of them ahead and then put revised versions of them in the said book. One of them, a finished one, is arguably the best thing I ever wrote but is not publishable on … More All right, here we go.
Two telephone calls to California: Alice, Kate. Three here: Patty, Jack, Douggie. One visit to car repair. One visit to the office, and one e-mail from there to the outside world: Carlos, Gustavo. One e-mail within Maringouin: Mickey. Touch up paint in the bedroom. Finish and mail New Years’ cards: at minimum to Sally, Ken, … More A small list for this week
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