On Unamuno
17/03/2011
What do you think of Miguel de Unamuno? I think Miguel de Unamuno is really weird. But I have just come across Frances Wyers’ book on him and her tone is pleasantly arch. Axé.
Dandini dandini dastana
16/03/2011
These are the sorts of dreams the cat has in his mythical home. Isn’t the video strangely surrealistic? Turkish is one of the languages I would like to speak. Dandini dandini dastana Into the garden the calves did stray. Gardener quickly chased them away. Don’t let them eat the cabbages, Huuu huuu huuu Dandini dandini … More Dandini dandini dastana
Aire de nocturno
16/03/2011
Tengo mucho miedo de las hojas muertas, miedo de los prados llenos de rocío. Yo voy a dormirme; si no me despiertas, dejaré a tu lado mi corazón frío. ¿Qué es eso que suena muy lejos? Amor. El viento en las vidrieras, ¡amor mío! Te puse collares con gemas de aurora. ¿Por qué me abandonas … More Aire de nocturno
Sorpresa
15/03/2011
Soleá de Cádiz Muerto se quedó en la calle con un puñal en el pecho. No lo conocía nadie. ¡Cómo temblaba el farol! Madre. ¡Cómo temblaba el farolito de la calle! Era madrugada. Nadie pudo asomarse a sus ojos abiertos al duro aire. Que muerto se quedó en la calle que con un puñal en … More Sorpresa
Casida del herido por el agua
15/03/2011
I want to go down to the well I want to climb the walls of Granada to see the heart cut through by the dark dagger of the waters. Quiero bajar al pozo quiero subir los muros de Granada para mirar el corazón pasado por el punzón oscuro de las aguas. El niño herido gemía … More Casida del herido por el agua
En la voz de Rafael Alberti
14/03/2011
Casida de las palomas oscuras [Click to listen] A Claudio Guillén Por las ramas del laurel van dos palomas oscuras. La una era el sol, la otra la luna. “Vecinitas”, les dije, “¿dónde está mi sepultura?” “En mi cola”, dijo el sol. “En mi garganta”, dijo la luna. Y yo que estaba caminando con la … More En la voz de Rafael Alberti
Federico
14/03/2011
The soundtrack on this video is by the amazing flamenco singer Estrella Morente, and you really should listen to it. My cat was or is, no sabemos, Federico, after FGL and specifically, Libro de poemas. We will be reading most of this book on this blog in the coming weeks. Axé.
Academic Monday: Criticize This Sentence, #1
13/03/2011
Whiteman: If you are serious about in your field, your favorite course to teach will be the 101 course in it. Z: What? I would say the exact opposite: especially if you are serious about it, you will not enjoy watching it slaughtered by barbarian hordes! Whiteman: That means you are serious about your career, … More Academic Monday: Criticize This Sentence, #1
Ali Baba’s Farm
13/03/2011
It’s a Turkish children’s song, now resung to a techno beat. It is funny. I need more lullabies for my the spirit of my departed cat — ideally Arabic or Turkish, but perhaps Indian also. Axé.
David A. Bell
11/03/2011
It is one thing to say that universities have problems. It is another to argue, as Taylor is effectively arguing, that the universities are the problem—that the system that allegedly began with Kant (in fact it began much earlier) has reached the end of its intellectual and social usefulness, and needs to be swept away … More David A. Bell
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