On sizing
19/10/2012
I never knew blisters were the result of the wrong size shoe. I always thought it was a matter of “breaking shoes in” or “getting used to them.” Axé.
Lee Miller
17/10/2012
There is a letter of Man Ray to Lee Miller in which he expresses concern that around Zizi she will become one of those directionless women made for adornment, who are agreeable to everything and available for any intrigue because they have no focus of their own. Axé.
Leroy Carr
13/10/2012
Here are some interesting comments on Leroy Carr by Elijah Wald. Axé.
E cil d’Affrike e cil de Califerne
10/10/2012
The name California might have come from the Roland, and it might refer to northern Africa, which would make sense. Here like a river finding its course, like shards of bone finding each other in the current and composing themselves again. Axé.
What I did today, 8AM-8PM, on one cup of orange juice and one of coffee
08/10/2012
– Conferences with students. About 25 of them. – Started unraveling a bureaucratic mystery. – Received e-mail announcing the existence of a book which supports one of my theses. This was my research gesture for the day. – Continued to be very far behind on grading and syllabus revision post hurricane. No good deed goes … More What I did today, 8AM-8PM, on one cup of orange juice and one of coffee
More about me and dat formerly, but only temporarily internalized whiteman
07/10/2012
Now it is fall. Fall means it is dry and sunny. I have always did liked the fall. I like studying in fall but in Reeducation that was considered a bad thing. Studying was something one must shed to find reality hidden beneath its shell, because Reeducation could not imagine study was at the core … More More about me and dat formerly, but only temporarily internalized whiteman
University of Connecticut
07/10/2012
What are they really up to with all of these digital humanities job postings? I cannot help but think it is code for something. They apparently want: A senior digital humanities specialist: someone who, while having scholarly expertise in one or more areas of literature in English, has established national/international visibility and leadership in digital … More University of Connecticut
Oblivion: A Memoir
07/10/2012
There are people, things and books I only get to know about because I read of them in the news. (I cannot afford to go to national conferences now, for example. When the university stopped funding these a few years ago I filled up a credit card for a while. Now I am paying on … More Oblivion: A Memoir
The Open
07/10/2012
Where even the shadow has light, there summer is spoken. Where darkness speaks you– a word– you still say light. Where the body is, you say convocation, absolute sun. –Andrés Sánchez Robyana, trans. J. Mayhew, in The Nation 295:16 (15.X.2012): 32. Axé.
What is a scholar?
07/10/2012
Et voilà, now we know. Once again, that is what I would have said, at eleven, seventeen, twenty-four, thirty-one, until I met professors. Namely, assistant professors who had been protégés of famous people at famous schools, and had jobs for this reason. Also, associate and full professors who had attained these ranks by pleasing the … More What is a scholar?
