Perlas de J. M. Aznar
16/01/2011
This was made in 2007 so it is just a little old, but it is very funny. Axé.
Viva Jujuy
12/01/2011
We had the first day of class, and it was like this. Long live my province, our painted hills, my dove. My home in New Granada; my home in California, my home anywhere in New Spain. Brown-skinned woman, do not separate yourself from the list of those I love. My most fascinating new student is … More Viva Jujuy
The Embrace
11/01/2011
John Berger on Rembrandt. Axé.
Carajillo
10/01/2011
Here in Maringuoin we have the necessary conditions for snow and it feels that cold. It is literally colder here right now than it is at the Puerto de Navacerrada, a ski station above Madrid. Here is a recipe for a carajillo, which they must be drinking there and I should drink here: Ingredients: * … More Carajillo
Día de los Reyes
06/01/2011
Ya vienen los Reyes Magos caminito de Belén; olé, olé, Holanda y olé; Holanda ya se ve. This is the 12th day of Christmas, when the Magi come, and it is sunny. Views of the crescent moon and clouds were beautiful from the high bridge over the Mississippi River yesterday evening on the way home. … More Día de los Reyes
Mimnermos
31/12/2010
Look: up every bone every sky every day every you– he goes working his way up blue earlobes from ocean goes thrown by rosesudden someone’s already tomorrow goes riding his bed of daysided gold goes skimming sleep countries from west to east until sudden rosestopped someone’s already earliness opens the back of the clock: he … More Mimnermos
New Year
29/12/2010
This is an electrifying concert video, shot in the last days of the USSR. Axé.
A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy’s Day
13/12/2010
‘Tis the year’s midnight, and it is the day’s, Lucy’s, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks; The sun is spent, and now his flasks Send forth light squibs, no constant rays; The world’s whole sap is sunk; The general balm th’ hydroptic earth hath drunk, Whither, as to the bed’s-feet, life is shrunk, Dead and … More A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy’s Day
Writing and Eleven Things
11/12/2010
Today’s writing topics, from Clio, are actually inviting: eleven things to shed in 2011, and what do you need to write? I need to write my novel, and I want to write my academic projects. This is all very obvious but I would like to underscore the novel as a need and the academic work … More Writing and Eleven Things
La violencia de las horas
10/12/2010
Todos han muerto. Murió doña Antonia, la ronca, que hacía pan barato en el burgo. Murió el cura Santiago, a quien placía le saludasen los jóvenes y las mozas, respondiéndoles a todos, indistintamente: “Buenos días, José! Buenos días, María!” Murió aquella joven rubia, Carlota, dejando un hijito de meses, que luego también murió a los … More La violencia de las horas
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