Tag: Alejandro Castro
What if We Stop Thinking About It?
(Notes for an autoethnography) I saw the show on Venezolana de Televisión [1] dedicated to emigration in our country. As I watched, I couldn’t help remembering the child I was on February 4, 1992 [2], with my chewed and well-thumbed Pictorial Atlas of the World, trying to imagine how Rome or Atacama could even exist. | … |
¿Y si no lo pensamos más?
(Apuntes para una autoetnografía) He visto el programa de Venezolana de Televisión dedicado a la emigración en nuestro país. Mientras lo veía no podía dejar de recordar al niño que yo era el 4 de febrero de 1992, con su Atlas pictórico del mundo roído y manoseado, tratando de imaginar cómo podía existir Roma | … |
Un-Letter to a «Young» Poet(?)
This will be quick, just the way you like your literature, your sex, and your politics—even if you can’t tell one from the other—. Three minutes later there’s too much information, too much thickness; you can’t understand a text but as a photo caption. Three minutes later, the Essequibo must be saved. Three minutes later, you’d like to fast-forward to the cum shot.