“I’ve got a bird that whistles / I’ve got a bird that sings”
24/03/2014
What is the origin of that line, where was it first heard (surely not in the 20th century)? Axé.
A flash of insight
23/03/2014
Look at these instructions on how to apply for jobs. I had a flash of insight: they are asking for more materials now because they are tired of weak applications. I have never applied for a job that asked for a research statement, but I always included clear discussion of research in my letter. Now … More A flash of insight
Housing, and budgeting, and negotiating
23/03/2014
It might be that this is where I would have to live, if I get and take Job #1. It is extremely expensive but everything that looks reasonable in that town has hidden costs or if not, is entirely too depressing (as in, I would rather stay here and leave the profession than move there and live … More Housing, and budgeting, and negotiating
Deborah Root and the concept of my book
22/03/2014
I must find that Julio Ortega book, and I must teach something by Ortega y Gasset in that class on raza. On Spain, we will read things by Branche, Goode, Piedra, and Ortega y Gasset. We will also study Vasconcelos and Aztlán: espíritu, raza, palabra. Meanwhile: Deborah Root’s 1988 review of Todorov’s La conquête de l’Amérique points … More Deborah Root and the concept of my book
Take Two
22/03/2014
And, if what I am applying for now does not work out, I will apply for other things like it and yet more baldfacedly, things like this. In the meantime I must: ♦ do taxes ♦ make a reservation in Houston ♦ retrieve my coat ♦ buy a bed frame for those guests ♦ buy … More Take Two
The gaslighting, el resplandor
22/03/2014
Today we announced to each other that the problem is the infantilization and the undermining: they will not recognize our expertise. Talking to them is nearly impossible since the people they think they are talking to, are not us, but some suspicious and conniving, deceptive characters who have in essence faked our advanced degrees. We … More The gaslighting, el resplandor
Sur le verbe bouder
20/03/2014
Bouder. It is said that they wake up boudés and they boudé all day until they begin to drink, and then they forget they ever was boudé until the next day, when they start again. Axé.
Preying upon…
20/03/2014
Being vulnerable to being preyed upon, that is what Dame Eleanor Hull diagnosed me with, and it is true. Most specifically I am preyed upon by a certain kind of individual with a certain type of protection, when I am in a place I appear not to be able to leave. That is when I … More Preying upon…
It is true, I do not like to rush
19/03/2014
My worst work block is thinking I have to rush while working. I greatly dislike rushing, I like to do things calmly. So when I started to be told that as an academic, you had to always do everything as quickly as you possibly could and as superficially–or you would be cut–I decided I preferred … More It is true, I do not like to rush
Assia Djebar
19/03/2014
I am clearing my shelves, looking at things I have loved, imagining the French Caribbean, the France we were. I am thinking of naming someone Vèvè or Damballah. One of the most interesting people, the deeper people I have met is Assia Djebar. I am looking at some pages of rich prose now and I … More Assia Djebar
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