I am hitting some real shoals on this piece. It was to have been finished in a few days but this is not possible. Typically I finish one thing and then start the next but I am going to stagger this piece with the next one, but in such a way as not to get … More InaDWriMo Alert
Please read the latest on New Orleans demolitions and donate if you can. At the link just given is information on how you can write to Governor Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Secretary of Health, and other relevant officials. A friend gives important background information, which I reproduce below. Please direct post election energy to saving Mid … More Mid City Alert: Take Action Now to Save Banks Street and More!
It is the weekend, and this video is what we are singing. At 10 AM EST on Saturday, however, HURRICANE PALOMA was leaving the Cayman Islands as a CATEGORY FOUR STORM and heading to Cuba, where it is expected to make landfall at CATEGORY THREE. C’est fatigant. Axé.
When I first arrived in Bahia I was picked up at the airport by a chauffeur driven Chevette and taken to the house, which turned out to have mango trees and a broad porch with large white columns. On the porch stage center was a matron Velasquez could have painted, holding a small dog, standing … More Visceral Whitemen
1. I am still busy flying the Barack Obama flag. Obama lost in Louisiana almost 2-1, but that does mean more than one in three people are Obama voters, many of them young. They say things like: I was born in 1988. When I heard Obama had won the election, I felt that a great … More On Autonomy
This is not at the usual Professor Zero level of decorum, but it is too funny. Axé.
The Glorified Body – a fascinating poem. “Though I’m old and sick,” said Uncle Ned, postincision, half his stomach gone, “in God’s eye, I’m just a baby.” He looks forward to his new body, his second coming together–successful, not like this dying from the inside out, ending in the rotten sweet smell of cancer, antimatter … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Patricia Barone
Students in English wishing to study Latin American literature in translation for their PhD are allowed to write their own reading lists and not required to take coursework. There are problems with this but as an American I find that we should read texts from other countries – as long as we are not simply … More Reading for School Wednesday: Open Thread
The fog is lifting. Sing. Axé.
OBAMA, the MUSICAL, opened Sunday in Nairobi. From Mexico City they were reporting this evening at 18:46 that Obama was ahead in FLORIDA. Some of you already knew Obama was winning, and were going on with your lives. They were killing the fatted calf in Kenya. But I am in a RED STATE and it … More Post Election
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