They want us to “flip” our classrooms. This would mean writing lectures, practicing them, dressing for them, and videotaping them to put online. 1. I do not lecture and to the extent that I do, it works in person. If lectures are bad to begin with, I do not see why I should start giving … More Flippant
I do not like to lose things, especially not things in which I have invested a piece of my identity, but I do it. This year so far I have lost two rings, a cell phone, and now a Mycra Pac raincoat, which is the worst loss. It was this cool nickel color and was … More Mycra Pac
My students learned nothing from my Peninsular survey, I discern, but I learned. I should give this course as a course on the leyenda negra and the alleged problem of Spain. The final essay could request discussion of the terms in which Phillips and Phillips, in their book on Spain, seem to suggest that the … More Saldo: a peninsular post
I am looking for negative reviews of Doris Sommer, Foundational Fictions. If I do not find more by using Web of Knowledge and the MLA Bibliography I will call a reference librarian. I have already found an interesting one by Nancy Vogeley, in Modern Philology 91:3 (February 1994): 390-394. Danny Anderson has a review essay … More Research Wednesday
This dictator of Spain from 1923 to 1930 was a count, a marquis and a knight. An interesting Hispanist said he came from “a hard-drinking, whoring, horse-loving aristocracy” that ruled “over the most starved and down-trodden race of agricultural labourers in Europe,” and I got that quotation from Wikipedia. I was reading about Primo de Rivera … More Miguel Primo de Rivera
Someone said in print that the atmosphere of hiddenness in María fairly begs the reader to analyze it. I note that the only white women in this novel are Efraín’s blood relatives — to the extent that they are white. To what extent does this matter or not, or rather how does it matter, given … More Eminently interpretable
This is another deliberately provocative post. From a flyer just received: This will allow for the sharing of results stemming from this experience, and to discuss a possible adaptation to this model to Louisiana’s reality in the context of an inclusive and united Francophonie, and the necessity to invent new forms of cooperation. [emphasis added] … More On Louisiana exceptionalism and united Francophonie
2 eggs, 1 cup of kefir, 2 cups of sugar = mix them all well together 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 2 tablespoons of cocoa, 1 tablespoon of olive or vegetable oil = add to the mix and mix very well 2 cups of flour = add to the mix and mix well to create … More That kefir cake
I was out walking and came upon one of the bailes de cuna Villaverde describes taking place in Havana, but that we also have here. A grandfather in a green silk suit waved me in. Another one grabbed me to dance. I like your step was his first salida. Caribbean men. He was one of … More Call for contributions
If I am awakened from really deep sleep, the dreams that are interrupted are different, slower, and more mythical than the ones I have in the morning, when I am in the process of waking up anyway. Here is a recent dream that I have actually had several times — for all I know, I … More Dreams
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