Ohohohoh! News from Mónica!
She could not figure out how to post, but she's read through the blog, and wants to say "congratulations on the acceptance letters."

"Some of my recommendations for the group:

Song recommendations:
* Doria Roberts. "Perfect." (Love á la folksy soul)
* Meshell Ndegeocello. Bitter (Expressive and patient jazzy soul)
* Enanitos Verdes. "Lamento Boliviano." (Rock that doesn't bracket its latinam roots)
* Pepe Aguilar. "Por Mujeres Como Tú." And, Luis Miguel. "Si Nos Dejan." (Traditional mexican songs about love that make me cry. Pepe Aguilar's timbre is perfect for the lyrics. "Si Nos Dejan" is a three-generation family favorite.)

Non-fiction recommendations:
* Hannah Arendt. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (The most influential book I read in 1999. I read Arendt's revision of the judge's verdict twenty times over, trembling so greatly that I could hardly read straight)
* Audre Lorde. "The Uses of Anger." (A short ten page essay that has been a recurring source of courage for me to speak, particularly in academic/intellectual spaces)
* Max Weber. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (A masterful historical/sociological interpretation of how capitalism become over-subscribed. Weber takes on what (Marxian) historical materialism might/does not explain about capitalism.) "

posted by Tae-Yeoun Keum   [10:50 PM]

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