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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 85 min read
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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 274 min read
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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 264 min read
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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 206 min read
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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 155 min read
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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...
jpaden4
Aug 29, 20245 min read
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Pero al final las cosas...
El tÃtulo 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
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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
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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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