This is one of the ancient photocopies I have, that I would not hang onto if I were at a university with library holdings. Magnarelli’s The Lost Rib is a good book, although dated now. And I am too lazy to summarize the preface and explain the premise, and there are reviews you can look … More Magnarelli on MARIA
My mind is awakening now that it is below 100F. I have to get in touch with Lee, and think about the MLA. Axé.
Gabilondo discusses Spanish nationalisms after European integration, and the idea of nations without states, or post-nation-state nationalisms, is interesting. What implications does it have? These nationalisms mirror franquista nationalism, so they are unlike modern nationalisms in that they try NOT to hybridize (contrast García Canclini). And since Spain is now part of global and not … More Nations without states
Projection: ILL Cannibal Translation, Moraña, Castro-Klarén. Email Prieto and Paula, Emily and Nathaniel. Brent, Dorota, and keep on going. Sigma Delta Pi report. Revise syllabi. Axé.
I’ve already written them back but I wanted to send a postscript, and desisted. I had said: to focus more on coloniality/decoloniality I can’t JUST do Ferreira da Silva. And that I couldn’t see talking about these things without at least referring to Gilmore’s work. I didn’t say, but am now thinking, hm, maybe I … More World’s fattest revision request
14 August. Got hold of Ruffinelli book. 15 August. Got some study abroad things done. 16 August. More study abroad. And some bureaucratic progress. I am behind but the main thing is, I am feeling all right. I have to keep feeling all right and not do anything self-destructive. 17-21 August. From the list below, … More Le log du 14 août
I learned that the Foo Fighters are headlining Outside Lands tonight. Shaquille O’Neal has become a performance DJ, and he was there yesterday. And DJ Qbert who basically invented the scratch form of hiphop, was there with his original crew, the Invisibl Skratch Piklz. One is to see the documentary Scratch. And there is more to … More Outside Lands
Rigensgade 5, this is where I want to go in Copenhagen, to see his photography. All of it, but in particular the Soviet portraits. Axé.
T. S. Eliot, in The Atlantic, 1954. I got it from SMT. Axé.
7 August. Worked on my text. I am up to 5500 words, which means I have 200 new words this week. Working on Spillers, old Patricia Hill Collins article. Was tired today due to the cat’s illness, did not do a great deal else, but notice that even with fatigue and everything I am not … More Le log du 7 août
