The semester ends and it’s been a busy one! Probably the busiest of my career at UC Berkeley. Students sometime ask me what’s that I do, and it is a poem to see their faces when I explain to them the many different roles a college professor has… or is made to have. In any case, leaving the service load aside, this has been a very fruitful semester! I had the opportunity to teach two wonderful classes, and I want to thank my undergraduate students (the 200+ I had this year) for making going to class the must fun I would have all week. Teaching intro to literature in Spanish can be very fun when done with the right memes, isn’t that right Mr Pedro Pascal? 🙂
I also taught a very intimate and very stimulating graduate seminar on digital literature and material networks (historical, feminist, ecological, new, and newer), which really got my brain juices going, helping me solidify some of my positionings and thoughts as I continue writing my book on the matter. Thank you Chloe, Chloé, Lydia and Luis!
Finally, I want to highlight two things that happened these past two weeks, and take this opportunity to keep giving thanks. I want to thank the organizers of the Chicago Graduate Conference, who trusted me not only to be one of their Keynote speakers, but also give a flash poetry reading sharing some new-ish work, which was a delight.
I am also extremely grateful to the curators (Dilalica) of the show Caracteres, on display at the Cervantes Institute in New York City, for including two of my pieces on this showcase of digital/human work. “Room #3” and “Ashes to Ashes #YOLO” will be on display till May 12th, so hurry if you happen to be in the city!
And finally, thank you all for reading 🙂
