Notes from July 10*
Axé.
Axé.
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
Njoy Indian Cuisine. We will see — I haven’t been to a good Indian restaurant in this town although other people like the ones we have. I say you have to go to Baton Rouge or the West Bank for real Indian food. Five Mile Eatery. Maybe. But everything sounds so sweet and fatty. A … More Restaurants I have not been to and should go to