July 11
The friendly town of extroverts The man with the Treme coffee house T shirt, and the call from Joe: I am from down South The deli on Bleeker Street, the chess players MoMA. Union Square. Film Forum. More of the Village. Strolling. Axé.
The friendly town of extroverts The man with the Treme coffee house T shirt, and the call from Joe: I am from down South The deli on Bleeker Street, the chess players MoMA. Union Square. Film Forum. More of the Village. Strolling. Axé.
What was diabolical about that aspect of Reeducation was how closely it replicated my first education. I have said this before, but I see it so clearly now. There are deep common elements, authoritarianism, narcissism, and a faulty logic that I think is some kind of fash psyop, really. I remember puzzling over these contradictions … More Diabolical
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So, in the Spanish original: i) There is a blank page on 38. ii) The note you wrote under Poems Separated… is not there in the Spanish. iii) (1938-1939) is missing in the Indice in [Cartas]. In the English translation: i) In actual Letter VII, there are no brackets around VII. ii) Also, the title page for … More Manuscript revision
Austin says I work too hard. I’m not commenting on this, just noting it. Axé.
Salaita, on another topic: “I used to think that the failure to let go was an emotional condition, some type of compulsion or maybe a form of nostalgia, but I’ve come to understand that it’s a starkly intellectual choice, one I make every day in conjunction with millions of sisters and brothers around the world, … More It’s a political choice
Neue Galerie Film Forum Find the right blondish Russian rye Axé.
This book has been on my list for over ten years for reasons I had forgotten, but finally I ordered it because I see: it is about family novels and how the split between Americanized protagonists and their families is usually resolved through the killing of a character representing origins. I can use this for … More Killing Spanish
Years ago I was to write an article on Veloso and I could not finish it, partly because of what my work responsibilities were here and partly because of the emotions I have attached to that music (it was used to advertise Bahia as paradisiacal when I was there and miserable, and it agitates me). … More My BRASA paper
…was a SAQ issue important to me at one time. I cited it. Now we can see it all online. I had kept it for a piece on C. L. R. James, but it’s the Layoun article I cited and ought to reread. Online, though, now. I had kept Social Text 49 (1996) because it … More Third world literary and cultural criticism, Gyan Prakash…and DISPOSITIO