…is that last year when there was conservative community outcry against the LGBT Studies program, the university president published a very good response. The academic senate passed a resolution supporting this letter and commending the president for having written it. The following year, under new leadership, the senate, apparently at the direction of some other … More Another point to be made
This may be one of those essays that seem more intelligent than they are because the stiltedness of the non-native Spanish becomes poetic. Still, I liked it. It begins by talking about the value given to originality and authenticity in art. The idea of authenticity leads to a consideration of origins and originality, says my … More Sobre la autenticidad
He almorzado solo ahora, y no he tenido madre, ni súplica, ni sírvete, ni agua, ni padre que, en el facundo ofertorio de los choclos, pregunte para su tardanza de imagen, por los broches mayores del sonido. Cómo iba yo a almorzar. Cómo me iba a servir de tales platos distantes esas cosas, cuando habráse … More Trilce XXVIII
Lazarillo de Tormes’ sister could have sung this next song, so it is very interesting despite the somewhat turgid images that accompany it. Axé.
I saw this on Facebook: Dylan was influenced by his recent study of painting and sought to incorporate multiple perspectives within a single plane of view. In a 1978 interview Dylan explained this style of songwriting: “What’s different about it is that there’s a code in the lyrics, and there’s also no sense of time. … More Bob Dylan, the cubist poet
I am too tired to have the prose come to me easily, but the recollections and connections do not stop coming to me. If I keep working on this text it will become a substantial piece. Venues for it besides the CHE could be Academe, IHE, Baton Rouge Advocate, maybe Profession. I am convinced these things … More Notes for still further revision
Now the students say I am the smartest professor ever. Really I just cobbled that class together. First, I got some teaching strategies from The Compleat Academic and Arnulfo Ramírez, and a course concept and some materials from myself and Tulane University. Then, I got some more grist for the course concept from Momo, and some … More On why I am so intelligent
Paulo Freire is in this post if you read closely. Axé.
I have found the best Mycra Pac raincoat and it is the long parachute coat, but the one I saw was more amazing than this one as it was reversible to a mesh printed with an amazing comic book and bordered in black. It has a drawstring around the hem. It is futuristic looking indeed … More Comic book print
Here is the ponencia colectiva Arturo Serrano Plaja read at a momentuous 1937 congress, that Vallejo attended. It is a very interesting document, an incredibly interesting document, but I was looking for things by Arturo because I remember a poem of his that went something like this: España está hispanizada ¿Quién la deshispanizará? El deshispanizador que … More Spain, Hispanized
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