The last sentence
23/07/2014
Mr. Troell, who is about to turn 83, has vivid personal memories of the war years. See it. Axé.
Some gossip about Vallejo
13/07/2014
He had an affair with the woman living across the street from his family in Stgo. de Chuco, who was the former “wife” of a priest. Poems like “Verano” are about her. He lost her to Carlos Santa María … all of this was in 1915 but I wonder whether it contributes to the events … More Some gossip about Vallejo
Dulce hogar sin estilo
13/07/2014
Pour votre considération: scholar, scientist, researcher, what do these terms imply? (In other news I would like to say that Vallejo’s French was execrable. Execrable. How he did not get better than that in 15 years is hard to understand.) A fascinating fact about him, however, is that he dropped the fall, 1931 writers’ conference … More Dulce hogar sin estilo
Extrinsic and intrinsic
13/07/2014
I was happy today because work was going well. I have been impaired for so long I barely know what this is like. It is another planet. In the meantime I was meditating on this post and thread. I could repeat various points. If desire were enough, it would also be true that hard work … More Extrinsic and intrinsic
This is how I will use JSTOR without wi-fi
12/07/2014
With a phone. I will let everyone know how this works and I will also remember to cancel this service when I no longer need it (or when it turns out not to work).
Et aussi
12/07/2014
I am trying to not post a great deal, so I can have the recent posts as references for the rest of the summer. But here is one more note. Work has suddenly become much more accessible, and this happened because I decided I had a right to it. That is important because even in … More Et aussi
To do
12/07/2014
This article; the syllabi; the LASA2015 abstract; the grading; the parking permit. In the fall: the other article. It is strange no longer to collude in my own oppression but I appear to be achieving this. I will become stronger still. The very worst aspect of working at our place is the way we are … More To do
One
11/07/2014
So it is going now, and I am becoming one with this project. Whole. The image of jumping off into a project does not work for me. I decided it was not a question of jumping off, but of drawing things toward me. You have to think in terms of integration and love, not alienation, … More One
Mantra for the rest of the summer
11/07/2014
Yes, all these things happened because I had impaired resources for a while. Now, I am rescuing my work from its glass case. Yes, I am authorized to do this. Yes, I have the power to do something meaningful. Yes, I have time. (Am I interested in this, for itself? Yes, but I never gave … More Mantra for the rest of the summer
That work allergy
11/07/2014
I do not think it is lack of interest, much though I have tried to claim over the past twenty years that it is. And true as it is that I have other interests that could be professional interests, interests I feel I could pursue with greater happiness and success because they are in fields … More That work allergy
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