At my university the work week is traditionally 60 hours. When I got here there were still TIME CLOCKS as relics; now we are not thinking of things in terms of time spent as much. Part of the 60 hours was working on your broader formation. Time spent reading things related to field but not … More The 40 hour week
The list does keep changing slightly but the number keeps being four. 1. The present book, on race. 2. Cane Cultures. 3. Vallejo — intellectual and cultural biography. 4. Vallejo — fractured subjectivity. When I think about these in a practical sense there are more, since every essay in the present book leads to other … More Books for me to write
On the idea that you should not have done your degree if you are not willing to take just any academic job, so long as it is on the tenure track, even a great sacrificer and penitent like César Vallejo did not stay in Lima but went to Paris. This was a career move for … More On some things that are not true
♦ Bak’tuns and more bak’tuns. This is a Mayan weblog so now we are going on a complete reset. ♦ Dorpat astutely recognizes … that “psychopathology stems from unconscious pathogenic beliefs of the dangers if the patient were to pursue certain important goals.” Standard instructions are to reveal these beliefs so as to set them … More News and Quotations for 13.0.0.0.0
Another great post on guns. Castrated existences. Material on my novel in this post and an echo here. Daily Kingfish, Lamar White, and Lamar’s links. Louisiana children and teens up for adoption now. Had I not committed to this book project, were I five years younger and so still eligible, and were I just slightly … More Posts of the week
Here is a marvelous film on civilization and barbarism with which I may start the culture course in the spring, even though it does not involve Spain. Meanwhile, in news of current barbarism, consider: The contrast here is not only between the civility of the children and the cruelty of the shooter, but between what … More Civilization and barbarism
I am rushing to get all my posts out before Friday, when the world will end. As a Mayan I must point out that the idea of the end of the world is really Aztec. Still, I have set the goal of getting all my posts on certain topics out by Friday, as I will … More El apocalipsis según Google
The last day of classes is May 3. Finals are May 6-10. Graduation is May 18 and if my summer classes make, I must meet them in Mexico City the next morning. I did not choose that summer schedule and I intend to defend myself by not giving finals and not attending graduation. Furthermore, Jazzfest … More Spring
Here is a reading list for students considering graduate work in Spanish. Here is my list for students considering Latin American literature as a secondary field for the Ph.D in another literature. Like the SMT list, it is not a reading list for the actual examination, but a preliminary list. * Here is an ancient … More Reading lists
I will finish grading, everything in a row, and then I will download Scrivener to two different systems and learn it. I will organize all of my files. I will do this by graduation. I will attempt to resolve the wireless problem I have in Linux. If I cannot, I will consider what to do. … More Scrivener
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