In Reeducation you were wrong. You were guilty of evil doing, and you were also a victim of evil doing by others. Not to be victimized was to exert inappropriate amounts of control, and not to be guilty was to be “in denial.” I went to Reeducation to learn how to deal with abusive people, … More Liar, Liar
While flying back from Brazil I was thinking of the amusing posts I could write reviewing the trip and different institutions I encountered upon it. I was also going to review the Miami International Airport including the restaurant La Carreta in its present state there, the city of New Orleans, and the Greyhound bus service … More A Late, Brief Review of My Brazilian Voyage
I like my work but not what I transfer onto it. The reason I wanted other work was so I could have work upon which I had transferred nothing. People believed one was destined for only one piece of work, the way they believe their spouses are their destined soul mates. I disagree with this … More Pain
What academic presses that you did not think required subventions, do in fact require them? My answer so far: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures — which I never thought of as a kind of Peter Lang. How far along the subvention road should we consider books to be “vanity” publications? Or should we stop being … More Academic Mondays: A Query
It is really fun to be able to understand references like “Cuba y la noche” or any other literary allusion. We will therefore reproduce one poem which is already too famous. Dos patrias tengo yo: Cuba y la noche. ¿O son una las dos? No bien retira su majestad el sol, con largos velos y … More Cuba y la noche
It is the weekend, and I’ve got a bird that sings! Axé.
I have been meaning to do this for some time. I am not saying these are my favorite books or the ones I most recommend. I am saying they are the ones that were most influential in decisions I made, or most reflected realizations at which I had arrived. Adiós muchachos. Memoir of an ex-Sandinista. … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: 15 Books That Influenced Me
I learned to write with footnotes and I like footnotes. The format of the book for which I am currently writing a piece allows footnotes. Writing along, I realize the extent to which my struggles with writing have to do with not being permitted footnotes. If you must discuss everything in the body of your … More Academic Mondays: On Footnotes
I really like both of my projects and I really like research and writing. Really like them. I like them when I am not torturing myself about them or allowing myself to be tortured in the rest of life. I like them when I look at them, not at my directors and detractors. I am … More On Emerging
You have to put a lot of time into work, and you have to accept that it takes a lot of time. I have to reject the advice of that Emeritus Professor and several others, that one must work as superficially and as quickly as one can. That only translates to rushing, suffering, fatigue, and … More On Identity in Work and Play. On Pace. On Ignoring Mistreatment
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