Category Archives: Books

Empire’s Workshop

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Julio Sueco

One hardly sees so many subtitles on a book, but in Greg Grandin’s book, Empire’s Workshop, we do. More aptly, we are bombarded by the word Empire, just in the cover book we find it three times over. I resisted … Continue reading →

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personal notes

Posted on September 19, 2006 by Julio Sueco

I am miserable. Some bug decided to house itself in my body and alter the course of the daily affairs. I thought some whisky would kill it but it didn’t work. When it comes to colds I should just stick … Continue reading →

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Something the Lord Made

Posted on December 25, 2005 by Julio Sueco

Even the title of the movie is ambiguous: Something the Lord Made, with Alan Rickman and Mos Def, both, without doubt, astounding actors who contribute to their art in many ways. The movie is set in the Jim Crow era … Continue reading →

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Peregrinos de Aztlán

Posted on October 5, 2004 by Julio Sueco

Well I’ve been slacking. I was forced upon a swath the size of the Congress Library of work to do, and what did I do today? Slack, that’s right ese! so yeah, and my own personal protestant guilt tormentor from … Continue reading →

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Viva Chicano Lit

Posted on June 3, 2004 by Julio Sueco

The Republic of East L.A. – Stories (2002) by Luis J. Rodriguez I am invariably always surprised at the ease with which I can understand Chicano literature. I can see right throught it. I figure it must be the cultural … Continue reading →

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The horror, the horror

Posted on September 6, 2003 by Julio Sueco

Some crazy ass shit, white man’s preoccupations and the plight Africa underwent. So here at the university of Stockholm English Institute one of their favorite texts is Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. The idea is to dissect the text and … Continue reading →

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Husserlian Theory

Posted on August 28, 2003 by Julio Sueco

Ok, now this is really something that makes you definitely scratch your head, I mean, this is amazing stuff in that if you thought of talking pointlessly in very fashionable manner then Husserlian thinking is the answer for you. Who … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 8, 2003 by Julio Sueco

On the cover of the book, you can tell he’s flirting. There he is, on the front cover, staring at you, sideways, coquettish almost, with his blurred hands in a pose that exudes calmness and a defiant attitude, just Chicano … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 22, 2003 by Julio Sueco

Yet more exciting information at hand from the Lexicography dept: Dictionaries: Collins English Dictionary Fourth Edition updated 2000 according to the blurb: 21st Century Edition The New Britannica-Webster Dictionary and Reference Guide 1981 The query at hand: Compare the macrostructure … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 21, 2003 by Julio Sueco

Further jolly good fun from the folks at the lexicography Dept. The dictionaries chosen at will: Collins English Dictionary Fourth Edition updated 2000. According to the blurb: 21st Century Edition and The New Britannica-Webster Dictionary and Reference Guide 1981 The … Continue reading →

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