Aujourd’hui

Today I am buying skin products. Fancy ones, if I can. Things for the eyes, and things with vitamins C and E. I will get T-Mobile cell service, too. I will balance my checkbook and pay all bills. This is the week to patch the paint on the house. I’ll have the car detailed, and … More Aujourd’hui

What I bought in Latvia

I should have bought: ceramics, salt scrub and other cosmetics with Latvian herbs, black balsam, mittens, belts, amber, and perhaps other high-quality, traditional and artisanal things. What I really bought is: – Books: an interesting guidebook in German, a Latvian grammar, an English translation of a Pushkin story – Postcards: many, from a bookstore, scenes … More What I bought in Latvia

An evening in Riga

I said by mail: Is the main cathedral Lutheran? It looks like it inside, but then again that might be because it is reconstructed, having been more or less destroyed by German bombs on 29 June, 1941. I went to the organ concert there and determined that this organ and these players are not actually … More An evening in Riga

Les artistes

We have three translations of Moro coming out in Asymptote in January, 2018. I wonder how actually good this may be. They are: – Oh fury the dawn emerges from your lips – The scandalous life of César Moro – Various lions lick the rugose surface of the equestrian turtle at twilight Axé.

An AAUP critique

I have reason to be interested in this, and will explain later. Recommended Standards for Mandated Assessment American Association of University Professors Policy Reports & Documents, 11th Ed Our university’s current assessment policy states that faculty calls all the shots on assessment: When it occurs, where it occurs, how assessments are designed and deployed, and … More An AAUP critique