That Post

I HAVE MORE TO SAY – this is not finished, it got lost For the people who don’t like research writing because ‘you have to find people who have already said what you want to say’ – that’s not quite true. Note here, I cite 5 people in one paragraph, but not just to confirm … More That Post

Creole Balls

They are described in Sealsfield, Life in the New World, and Longfellow apparently liked this description–and those of the swamps, and the Attakapas, and the southwest in general. Axé.

Greusz du jour

“For all the ways in which Latin America, as its intellectuals have pointed out for years, has suffered as the local testingground of U.S. experiments with extranational power, its role in the past and future shaping of U.S. identity narratives remains disturbingly understudied and undertheorized.” Axé.

La souffrance

The weekend was curative – I was exhausted/at the end of my rope – and realized how deep the usual pain actually is – and am now back here suffering. It really makes me wonder about lots of things but in particular about how to turn off the suffering factor in the immediate term. The … More La souffrance

Research today

I read Spillers and realized that her discussion of Caliban fits with what I want to say about Cecilia Valdés and plaçage. So that realization is a solid advance in terms research. I cannot find my copy of Spiller’s book, our library does not have it, and it is very expensive now. They have it … More Research today