December 2011
10 posts
Top three places I imagine defacing when I'm home:
3. Puddin’ Place (because of the apostrophe decision)
2. That house with a racist lawn jockey on North Lamar
1. The Sav-A-Life clinic on old 7 (see this story about the 90s for inspiration)
La conciencia de la mestiza/Towards a New...
How I love this tragic valley of South Texas, as Ricardo Sanchez calls it; this borderland between the Neuces and the Rio Grande. This land has survived possession and ill-use by five countries: Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the U.S., the COnfederacy, and the U.S. again. It has survived Anglo-Mexican blood feuds, lynchings, burnings, rapes, pillage.
-Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La...
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How To Speak Poetry
Leonard Cohen writes about language, specifically about paring it the fuck down. It’s nice to keep in mind in my sometimes-breathless teaching and in avoiding the dreaded long-windedness of academic writing. But here’s the part, at the end, that I heard first and liked so much:
Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re...
Oklahoma’s Poor Rich Indians: An Orgy of Graft and...
How’s that for a straightforward title? The prolific Zitkala-Sa put together this pamphlet in 1923 with help from the American Indian Defense Association and the Indian Rights Association.
“Watching “Melancholia” Is Like:
-Staring at a broken egg timer waiting for it...”
– Tess Lynch (via poorgeoisie)
Too bad we missed it at Three Rivers Film Fest 