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Waiting for Perec...
Much of publishing a book is waiting. You send it off to slush piles and competitions and wait. It comes back to you and you send it off...
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Jul 8, 20255 min read


An Embarrassment of Riches...
To quote Emily Dickinson, "I am nobody..." And maybe that is part of the problem. No, that's not what she would say. We aren't supposed...
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Jun 27, 20254 min read


Waiting for Perec: Long Book Description for Distributor
The title of Mario Meléndez’s book-length linguistic collage Waiting for Perec pays homage to both Samuel Beckett and Georges Perec,...
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Jun 26, 20254 min read


On Pronouns
On January 7, 2025, the National Labor Relations Board uploaded an Inclusive Writing Guide . The new administration, scrubbing federal...
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Feb 20, 20256 min read


On Contradictions of Self & the Need to Name Them: Introducing Ada Limón 2 Years Ago Today
De las que duelen / The Hurting Kind Just last week my Spanish-language translation of Ada Limón's The Hurting Kind was made available...
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Feb 15, 20255 min read


Nimble: The Wrong Metaphor for Education
To think about education—its purpose and goals—is an occupational hazard when you’re a college professor. And yet, while I think about...
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Aug 29, 20245 min read


Pero al final las cosas...
El título de esta entrada juega con un poema de Roberto Juarroz (Argentina, 1925-1995). El poema dice: Las cosas nos imitan. Un papel...
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Jan 10, 20232 min read


Una cuestión de nomenclatura
En el breve ensayo de Mistral, ella habla de América, pero cuando lo hace nos deja saber claramente que lo le interesa es la América...
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Jan 8, 20232 min read


SPAN 3234: Civilización Latinoamericana
Bienvenidos a la clase de civilización latinoamericana. En esta clase no vamos a usar un libro de texto, sino los materiales del curso...
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Jan 8, 20232 min read
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