“Vos podés estar en el lugar que te proponés,” me han dicho, but it appears I should be at Cambridge since they do things as I would. I should simply do things and not worry. ♦ The freshman introduction to modern Spanish literature at Cambridge starts in 1800, not 1700, and uses these four texts: 1. … More Those pesky courses
El interlocutor de Piedra de sol no es una mujer, ni la humanidad en abstracto, es el hombre de la modernidad, es el hombre urbano que pretende involucrarse en los asuntos de la polis y al que se le advierte “amar es combatir”. La otredad que es el cuerpo de la mujer en Piedra de sol se resuelve y … More Octavio Paz
As I clear out files, I find scraps of paper; the one I have just found had this title. It says that it is not a comment on writing or research, but on other aspects of work. It says that the amount of time I have to spend managing other peoples’ emotions about my degrees … More Ninety seconds of insight
Does “the therapeutic model” (as though there were only one) interdict practitioners from identifying or naming experiences such as emotional abuse? Should practitioners not say such things “as they might intrude upon their client’s reality”? I would say not: not to recognize such things is to ignore what is happening. I also wonder why emotional … More Et voilà
What was that conversation plan I sketched out on the terrace today? Not in these words, but some of the following points. All of them are key, but only some are to be said. In no particular order. 1. On speaking directly: I want more of it (address the culture of rumors). 2. I have … More Pour la semaine prochaine: preparing for trial again
What I said socially: “I am in Comparative Literature and Latin American Studies.” I felt comfortable with this. I sign “Spanish” sometimes and “Hispanic Studies” sometimes, because those are the words my institution uses. Of the two I much prefer Hispanic Studies, but I am comfortable with neither. What is the difference? Well, visualize the … More Fields
…I relate to academia the way abuse victims relate to the world and this was why I knew I was disabled and should leave. People did not see this, and at the time I did not have the language to explain it. This is because of having had a few abusive situations and then, when … More La perception du jour
Darío, Cardenal, Cortázar’s “Apocalipsis en Solentiname,” more. One would learn about Sandinismo and its vicissitudes, and about some authors, and find out how to read some literature. #OccupyHE Axé.
This is how they do it for English at the University of Amsterdam. More and more I think it should be something like this, on a theme. I am tired of what we have been doing, and what I tried this time, does not work. I think we could have three books or so, a … More More on the introduction to literary studies
There are many things here I do not take advantage of because of financial considerations — getting to them. No individual excursion is particularly expensive, but they mount up and I need more than I actually undertake. Life would be really different with a small amount of funding. Those working in the university’s centers of … More Pour considérer et faire
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