Here is Canoa, complete. Here is the first part of Rojo Amanecer, which may be the saddest film I have ever seen. People who think state terrorism might be all right sometimes, especially to keep them “safe,” should see this film as well. Here is some discussion of what went on at Tlatelolco on 2 … More Cine mexicano sobre el 1968 … and its relation to the present moment.
Most of us tend to think that black people came to Britain after the war – Caribbeans on the Empire Windrush in 1948, Bangladeshis after the 1971 war and Ugandan Asians after Idi Amin’s expulsion in 1972. But, back in Shakespeare’s day, you could have met people from west Africa and even Bengal in the … More Black neighborhoods in Elizabethan London
The casual summer outfit for Republican and oilfield women involves red toenail polish, flip-flops, waxed legs from a tanning salon, shorts, and hair burnished to gold via highlighting. Is this the fashion in your region, or is it just here? Axé.
Asesinado por el cielo. Entre las formas que van hacia la sierpe y las formas que buscan el cristal, dejaré crecer mis cabellos. Con el arbol de muñones que no canta y el niño con el blanco rostro de huevo. Con los animalitos de cabeza rota y el agua harapienta de los pies secos. Con … More Vuelta de paseo
When you start looking in a cursory manner for Marley, it is (perhaps not) amazing how many long tracks you can find. Apparently he was different from other musicians because he was from the country. He therefore knew about time and nature, it is said. Axé.
Inolvidable. Axé.
While this was happening at home, I was teaching summer school elsewhere, as I have also done this year. See 1:04: “No more internal struggles.” Axé.
Voici de la musique, pour le weekend. We have Harry Belafonte’s accent in Louisiana, among others. All of them never cease to amaze me. “What you doing hyah gyal? Yo good man he didna change dat erl fo yeh?” Mais non, cher. Yé pas bonhomme à moin. Ya vamos para el quinto acento. Notice how … More Harry Belafonte
Axé.
“Provincial authoritarian patriarchy” is the phrase someone came up with, very good. And an NEH group with a lot of Southern experience has advice for young faculty: if you are serious about your work, never take a job in the South because that is tantamount to giving your work up: you will have to live … More Most accurate description of Maringouin so far
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