tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post1565129650493129103..comments2023-12-03T09:52:05.145-08:00Comments on Diary of a Bad Housewife: Books Are Good FoodAlice Baghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697810636017503496noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-76507375072546011482007-10-21T01:44:00.000-07:002007-10-21T01:44:00.000-07:00Actually, reality is again at odds with your opini...Actually, reality is again at odds with your opinion:<BR/><BR/>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060817/17bushbooks.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-70022717521683326632007-10-04T06:49:00.000-07:002007-10-04T06:49:00.000-07:00But why would someone go to all the trouble of "ho...But why would someone go to all the trouble of "hoaxing" a photo to state the obvious? Bush is pretty much universally regarded as not too bright, even by his own party. <BR/><BR/>Besides, I think the reason Alice used this photo is for the humor value. Bushie - by his own admission - is not the best-read head of state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-14495910949662216702007-09-30T21:41:00.000-07:002007-09-30T21:41:00.000-07:00Obvious hoax. Back-up info presented.What else do ...Obvious hoax. Back-up info presented.<BR/><BR/>What else do you need to join us in reality?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-86181251235782939072007-09-27T17:12:00.000-07:002007-09-27T17:12:00.000-07:00The photo of President Bush is not a hoax, but it ...The photo of President Bush is not a hoax, but it was taken on 9/11 at a time when the president probably had other things on his mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-36712618422766614012007-09-27T14:41:00.000-07:002007-09-27T14:41:00.000-07:00The photo of Bush is a hoax.http://www.snopes.com/...The photo of Bush is a hoax.<BR/><BR/>http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/bushbook.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-39179117214570472582007-09-19T08:59:00.000-07:002007-09-19T08:59:00.000-07:00Alice, don't be too hard on yourself that you don'...Alice, don't be too hard on yourself that you don't know of many Latina writers. There probably are a lot of great ones, but the books are not written in English! <BR/><BR/>My esposa has given me several books that were translated from her native language, Portugese, and the translations are often hit and miss. <BR/><BR/>So, Alice, you work on your Spanish, I'll work on my Portugese, and maybe both of us can bring great translations of Latino literature to the English speakers of the world.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Isabella, I'm really curious how well "La conjura de los necios" is translated. Satire seems like it would one of the hardest things to translate.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08614694246486535164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-62598404728321073082007-09-18T21:48:00.000-07:002007-09-18T21:48:00.000-07:00link. Alicia, I would like it if you set up your b...<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/books/review/Donadio-t.html?ref=review" REL="nofollow">link</A>. Alicia, I would like it if you set up your blog for links to open a new page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-47005597950820477312007-09-18T21:44:00.000-07:002007-09-18T21:44:00.000-07:00Well, Alma Guillermoprieto is a wonderful journali...Well, Alma Guillermoprieto is a wonderful journalist, though I haven't read any of her books. Wikipedia says she won one of them MacArthur fellowships.<BR/><BR/>Interesting article in this week's New York Times Book Review: "Two decades after Allan Bloom’s “The Closing of the American Mind,” it’s generally agreed that his multiculturalist opponents won the canon wars." http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/books/review/Donadio-t.html?ref=review<BR/><BR/>Any mainstream list of best contemporary novelists or poets is going to have at least one or two black chick up near the top.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-1964262191157225782007-09-18T21:30:00.000-07:002007-09-18T21:30:00.000-07:00I've had the same problem with Latino representati...I've had the same problem with Latino representation in literature. I went to the conference of an El Paso author and poet named Benjamin Alire Sáenz. He has an excellent piece about code-switching from English to Spanish and he let my mom have one of his books for free because she wanted to read it to her ESL students! Check him out.<BR/><BR/>Right now, in Texas it's some kind of special month where everyone in the state is supposed to read Bless Me, Ultima. I'm not really sure what the details are but on the school announcements the principal says, "Read the book everyone in Texas is reading."<BR/><BR/>Right now I'm reading A Confederacy of Dunces in Spanish -- La conjura de los necios.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-35410832889187780762007-09-18T16:05:00.000-07:002007-09-18T16:05:00.000-07:00Other authors you might want to check out are Luis...Other authors you might want to check out are Luisa Valenzuela, Diamela Eltit, and Laura Esquivel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-11077279717468401722007-09-18T01:12:00.000-07:002007-09-18T01:12:00.000-07:00Here's a link that might be helpful in your quest:...Here's a link that might be helpful in your quest:<BR/>http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/_generate/LATINA.html<BR/><BR/>On the topic of general favorites, my favorite double feature, so to speak, is Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, followed by The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver - two looks at similar circumstances written from very different perspectives. I also recommend Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold - deceptively simple compared to his better known work but strangely more powerful. Also, despite its status as an Oprah book, A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry is a book that has stuck with me due to its vividness. However, the book I come back to the most is Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. I love the lessons that Atticus imparts through his actions. We could all do well to walk in someone else's shoes more often. Thanks for raising the topic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com