It is Friday, so we are wearing white. I am wearing a long white shirt over a coral tank dress from Brazil, and Dr. Scholl’s Original Exercise Sandals ;-). It is January 22 and mild, and we are bathed in Oxalá’s bright light. Axé.
For pleasure I am reading the Moroccan Letters of Cadalso, after which I will read his Lugubrious Nights. These books come from a strange and different world, I must say. To be able to read them is rather wonderful. Axé.
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
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