Top 13 Crunchies of 2014

(Yes, it was hot)Rock Art in Meyers Springs, Lower Pecos Canyonlands,Far West TexasI generally get the most readers for my "cyberflanerie" posts and I'll admit, those are the most fun to write-- they're just lists of  my finds. Herewith, for your surfing adventures, the...

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Top 10 Books Read 2014

#1. Finding George Orwell in BurmaBy Emma LarkinA splendid, intrepid, and thoroughly original marvel of a travel memoir. Most interestingly, in this day & age of facebookesque over-sharing, Emma Larkin has no web page nor author "head shot"-- such is the nature of her work. Dear...

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In Which Ilán Stavans Explains the Cultural Mega-character that was Chespirito: Roberto Gómez Bolaños (1929-2014)

Screenshot from WikipediaThis piece in the NYT is must reading for anyone interested in Mexico.P.S. This blog doesn't cover contemporary politics, but for those of you looking for a good source in English for what's happening in Mexico, I recommend signing up for the free emails...

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Gifts of the Ancient Ones: Greg Williams on the Rock Art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands

Marfa Mondays Podcast #15 is now live. Listen in anytime to my interview with Greg Williams, Executive Director of the Rock Art Foundation. Though the Rock Art Foundation's tours and website have been spreading the word, it still seems a well-kept secret that some of the...

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Cyberflanerie: Who's In Charge? Edition

www.slowfactory.comToday one of my favorite blogs, my daily dose of bloggy wisdom, Seth Godin's, features "Doing More, Giving More, Who's in Charge?" (Who's in charge? Hey, Hamlet, that is question.)More cyberflanerie:Rare books and Iceland: Nancy Marie Brown's blog,...

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November 2014 Newsletter

ULI QUETZAPUGTLMy November newsletter chock full of articles, podcasts, events, workshops, and more, has just gone out into the ethers of email via the ever-fabulously silly Mailchimp. (The best part is the chimpy high-five when you hit the send button.) Read the November...

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Cyberflanerie: Naomi Shihab Nye, Chinese Chicken Pop, Ye Olde Checkers, Cool Tool for Creating Timewealth, Clay Shirky, Susan J. Tweit

Wang Rong Rollin does the chicken thingWhatever has befallen you, you will feel better when you read Naomi Shihab Nye's "Gate A-4"Soup or silly: Chinese Chicken Pop (does anyone remember the days of Mao pajamas? I visited in 1982 and now it seems like a surrealistic...

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Lifting the (Very Heavy) Curtain on the Leader of Mexico's 1910 Revolution

MANUEL GUERRA DE LUNAC.M. MAYOALEJANDRO ROSAS ROBLESNovember 18, 2014Though the recent protests in Mexico City's historic center have made it impossible to continue the lecture series on Francisco I. Madero as originally scheduled in the National Palace, the lectures continue...

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Why Translate? The Case of the President of Mexico's Secret Book

Just back from ALTA, the American Literary Translators Association conference held this year in (brrr) Milwaukee, which had the theme "Politics & Translation." If you've been following this blog, you've already read reams about my latest book which is, indeed, about politics: Metaphysical...

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