People I will not fail to be in touch with are Chérie, José, Lee, and Rey … and I will check them off in this post as I find them. I will also be in touch with the library at Tulane University, despite voyaging in the opposite direction. I have to say this here so … More Esta semana
During the summer that the University of Illinois was rescinding Steven Salaita’s job, ACTA issued a report called Governance for a New Era. Its premise was that the unprecedented criticism directed at the country’s higher ed system required much firmer leadership from the top. Read the entire piece, it is important. Axé.
I used to have one of these. It was a box with index cards on which I would note my excess ideas while writing. I would just throw them in there and then later, when stuck, choose one at random to start me going again, or on break, look at them all to see what … More Pensieve
I just signed up for the MLA Subconference, and so should you. Axé.
For the new year I propose we study some texts of alleged demagogue Huey P. Long, whose analysis may not be entirely scientific, but who is extremely interesting. An installment: Ladies and Gentlemen: — I have only 30 minutes in which to speak to you this evening, and I, therefore, will not be able to … More Huey P. Long
Narco cartels like Guzman’s are not adversaries of global capitalism, nor even pastiches of it; they are integral to – and pioneers of – the free market. They are its role model. Tout lire. Axé.
Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean; And ’mid this tumult Kubla heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war! The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves; Where … More Xanadu III
With Christopher Ricks. This is really worth listening to. Axé.
I like my abstract better than anything longer I have written on this matter. Taking as its point of departure not only the poetic subject in Vallejo as primordially fractured but the intimations in his prose works that like his contemporary J. L. Borges (“La nadería de la personalidad,” 1925) he eschewed the idea of … More Reading Vallejo Against the Grain of Identity
Here is our youngest brother, just after defending his dissertation today. Axé.
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