Le succès

I read at the New Orleans Poetry Festival, from our translation manuscript (a revised version of the first of these poems, and some others). People liked them and thought the book has a future. I met, and got to talk to and hang out with Salgado Maranhão, his translator Alexis Levitin, the Poet in New … More Le succès

In California

I am going to California soon, but already need to buy a second flight, for the following trip. What I will do during THIS trip is order all of the books I can, for both grants, and find out how to use the university grant — and if I need a university credit card. I … More In California

On independent study

If you wish me to direct an independent project, please see the AA and fill out the departmental application. Please also read the following and prepare a written application to me. 1/ Independent research is independent research. I will advise and guide you but I will not: – tutor you through a regular course that … More On independent study

Academic capitalism

If you search this as a keywords through your library interface you will find that there is a great deal of material, much of it in Portuguese and Spanish. There’s a name I’ve been given, Adrianna Kezar, on this but based on titles, a review she wrote seems more immediately interesting to me now than … More Academic capitalism

La nostalgie

It is raining and it reminds me of Mexico, Chile, Berkeley, Oregon, places I wish I lived and where I could walk to bookstores. I would like to stay home and read today and this would in fact be research. “Tenho saudade de tudo.” My colleague says the problem here is that so many in … More La nostalgie

Another world

I got up in Dupont Circle and walked past the row houses to a café, had coffee and came back and packed. I walked to the metro and rode to the airport, changing trains once. At the airport I read old notes on Vallejo and transcribed them, including the outline of an old conference paper, … More Another world

Already published

Vision… Odor and gaze Lost from view (Without a trace) Oh fury… Scandalous life… Various lions… NOT ALREADY PUBLISHED BY US (BUT REVISIT TO MAKE SURE OF WHAT HAS AND HAS NOT BEEN PUBLISHED IN TRANSLATION BY OTHERS) Camino de tierra… Mundo ilustrado… El humo se disipa… Vienes en la noche… Batalla… Leve pisada… El … More Already published