Another unfinished paper I have is on Tropicalismo. I am reminded of it by this post. I do not know that it fits into what I am doing now but I should finish it. The text is quite interesting; it got out of my control and Tropicalismo began to look like the boom novel; that … More Tropicália
Syntax Is a Second Skin. First manifesto of Infrarealism. Diez poemas y once poetas infrarrealistas. A sociologist discusses Roberto Bolaño. There is a Society for the Proliferation of Visceral Realism but Visceral Realism is a fictional poetic movement. I would prefer to work on poetry today, and do something athletic. Axé.
The place to be this evening, I feel, is the Plaza Real in Barcelona but on Facebook, I have alleged I am at Elizabeth’s Restaurant on Gallier Street, en ville. A chat window opened and it was my Louisiana friend in San Francisco, informing me that it takes work to have “talent.” He is taking … More In which I pretend I am at a café after work, perhaps on the Plaza Real, with people walking by
I still claim Spanish literature after 1700 is, with some exceptions, bland and pedantic compared to what you can read from other countries, but then I do not know it well enough to actually defend this view. Now Words Without Borders has a massive issue on contemporary Spanish literature in translation. They say: Read Fernando … More On current Spanish literature
Ana del Sarto on estudios culturales latinoamericanos; Jesús Martín-Barbero on estudios culturales latinoamericanos – video – audio is very low; Mónica Szurmuk and Robert Irwin on estudios culturales latinoamericanos – video; students would think it strange if they found out I know all these people; they do not realize we all know each other. Axé.
Introductory matter or contorno: Cirilo Villaverde, the U.S. Latino writer, or at least his novel Cecilia Valdés as American novel where “America” includes but is not limited to the United States (following Rodrigo Lazo‘s lead on this). Central discussion: the image of plaçage in American literature including Cecilia Valdés. Kenneth Aslakson has already done significant … More Tropical towns, Creole looks, and articles I do not have time to write
Revista de poesia e arte contemporânea. Axé.
Lo que había No hay riesgo. En la hondura se apaga la ansiedad, se enciende el sinsentido. No hay hilo que seguir Pero ¿a dónde?, ¿por qué?, y la salida: otrora atrae como la luna, apenas picajosa la fisura por donde el riesgo ¿corre? Hay una luz quizás y una pregunta… De otro modo mejor … More Daniel Sada
Martineau, apud Aslakson, emphasis added: What security for domestic purity and peace can be where every man has had two connections, one of which must be concealed; and two families whose existence must not be known to each other; where the conjugal relations begin in treachery, and must be carried on with a heavy secret … More Half revealed, half concealed
I had been threatening to use this as a blog title. It would require writing an avant-garde manifesto. Once coldhearted scientist has served its purpose, I may change. I have rejoined the Revista Iberoamericana although this journal is one of the things we do still receive at our library; I have rejoined IAS and I … More Militant Hispanist
