Tamar Herzog
22/09/2013
Do you see? Here is another person with a law degree. Axé.
A contradiction, because of time; I am rushed indeed
21/09/2013
These notes are or could be key for this paper but I do not have time to fully understand them, since I must finish it now. Mignolo 66: La idea de “América fue parte del “occidentalismo” y, más tarde, la idea de “América Latina” se volvió problemática cuando América del sur y el Caribe fueron … More A contradiction, because of time; I am rushed indeed
Arbolé, arbolé
21/09/2013
Arbolé, arbolé seco y verde. La niña de bello rostro está cogiendo aceituna. El viento, galán de torres, la prende por la cintura. Pasaron cuatro jinetes, sobre jacas andaluzas. con trajes de azul y verde, con largas capas oscuras. “Vente a Granada, muchacha.” La niña no los escucha. Pasaron tres torerillos delgaditos de cintura, con … More Arbolé, arbolé
C’est intéressant
20/09/2013
Today I was asked whether I knew of a university police officer who might take certain crimes against (usually) women seriously, so I went into the file on my former stalker to retrieve the name. In this process I glanced over part of the file, and saw things I had forgotten. For instance, my stalker … More C’est intéressant
“I realized I was not the next Foucault”
18/09/2013
That was a sentence the younger professors in my graduate program reiterated quite often, as a pedagogical remark. They had apparently thought they were “the next Foucault” and discovered this was not the case, and had had a difficult adjustment to a more modest reality. Their point was that we should not imagine we were … More “I realized I was not the next Foucault”
Huey Long and Castro Carazo
15/09/2013
Here we have a marvelous artifact. Castro Carazo, the author of this song, was the LSU band leader hired by our man Huey. Axé.
For my book, and perhaps some of my current papers
15/09/2013
Mignolo 111: “En el continente americano, la raza se convirtió en un motivo endémico de la conciencia del Nuevo Mundo, y por eso las razas se ‘sienten’ en América como se ‘sienten’ las clases en Europa.” He is discussing Lewis Gordon, Existentia Africana, another book I should read. Also: Omi and Winant. Formation theory is … More For my book, and perhaps some of my current papers
A mi hermano Miguel
15/09/2013
Hermano, hoy estoy en el poyo de la casa. Donde nos haces una falta sin fondo! Me acuerdo que jugábamos esta hora, y que mamá nos acariciaba: “Pero, hijos…” Ahora yo me escondo, como antes, todas estas oraciones vespertinas, y espero que tú no des conmigo. Por la sala, el zaguán, los corredores. Después, te … More A mi hermano Miguel
“Es sólo un viaje, Saúl”
14/09/2013
ES SOLO UN VIAJE, SAUL, LO OTRO NO ES CIERTO. (Para Saúl Landau, con admiración y cariño) →No es cierto, Saúl, no lo repitas. Ya sé, otros también lo dicen, pero no es cierto. Hay dolor en la voz de Carmen cuando me responde el teléfono, pero no puede ser cierto. →Me dirás que sí, … More “Es sólo un viaje, Saúl”
Allons danser
12/09/2013
That is Kid Ory, not Danny Barker, but this is Indian Red in a Danny Barker recording from the 40s, classic. And then there is the Professor. We have a culture here. Iko, y’all. Axé.
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