Rainbow Sign
26/05/2011
Georgia 1929: “God gave Noah the rainbow sign, “No more water, but fire next time!” Axé.
Category: Songs
Hazel-Eyed Girl
24/05/2011
The Mississippi River is cresting, and the waterways are full. There is so much water that the usual brown color is tinged with green. The water is flowing by, as opposed to inching in crocodile stillness as it sometimes does. It runs and jumps over the spillways in little white jets. Axé.
Evelyn Fox Keller
24/05/2011
In the late 1950s Evelyn Fox Keller, then a PhD student, was the object of a rather successful demoralization campaign in the Department of Physics at Harvard University (Working It Out, 77-91). Why she was admitted to the program if her abilities were not in fact trusted is a fair question whose answer, I wager, … More Evelyn Fox Keller
Migration
22/05/2011
This is Little Jimmy Rushing, going to Chicago. This is Joe Williams. A “monkey woman” is a woman with a monkey on her back. Some white guys did a good rock version of this song, and Ernestine Anderson has a cool version of it. Axé. I know you can feel my New Orleans vibe across … More Migration
On Corrective Lenses
18/05/2011
Despite the fact that I should not need or want glasses because I have contact lenses, I do want them and I am convinced I need them; despite the fact that I can survive with two different pairs of dime store glasses, I want real ones and I think this is reasonable. Despite the fact … More On Corrective Lenses
New Orleans Hot 8
17/05/2011
This took place in my pre-Katrina neighborhood, y’all. I do find some things insipid in comparison to it, yes. Axé.
Valeria Mignaco
09/05/2011
The Spring, clad all in gladness Doth laugh at Winter’s sadness. UPDATE on seasons: I cannot remember a cooler month of May in Louisiana. Since it is cool and the semester is ending, I keep thinking it is Christmas. Yet last night I dreamed of sleeping in summer under the big trees. UPDATE on time: … More Valeria Mignaco
Papa Grows Funk
05/05/2011
Axé.
Lo que ens falta, ho tindrem, lireta liró
04/05/2011
Petita bonica, lireta liró. Rossignol que vas a França, rossignol. Nightingale on your way to France, send me a score above 160. Naturally I want a score above 170 but that would be lagniappe. Above 160 is good, rossignol. Student: I failed because I did not do homework. Two years at this university and I … More Lo que ens falta, ho tindrem, lireta liró
Kitlingen
29/04/2011
On May Day my cat will complete his second month of absence. I was told when I adopted him that I should not let him outside because he could meet a terrible death. I let him outside, anyway, on the feeling that one should not incarcerate anyone. I regret that some days, since he may … More Kitlingen
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