Manuscript revision

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

Killing Spanish

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

My BRASA paper

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

Third world literary and cultural criticism, Gyan Prakash…and DISPOSITIO

…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