Author Archives: dleoar

ACCORDING to my books-review app, I read Amulet for the first time from March 09, 2025 to March 15, 2025.  An attempt to reconstruct, recall, remember what motivated me to read the novel brings forth an image to mind. I must looked up books included in previously taught courses. Amulet was listed. I loan it […] Continue reading →

POEM OF THE WEEK:    It is a summary, a regurgitation of an introduction by poet and novelist Kaveh Akbar to an Anglo-Saxon charm Against a Growth. From 975, by Unknown. A poem,  divine chant, activated by its own sound  virtue of being in the air.  There will be a part two before next Thursday. […] Continue reading →

Poem of this week is: not a poem, but a phrase, penned by me. Eje tematico: la Vida Thematic focus: Life.  —  ONCE a university friend, from a different nation, my original nation, said university made him read faster. And so I learned. This is a new technique I have learned from RMST 202 and […] Continue reading →

About Bolaño… OFTEN there are times, when I think I understand a whole text. I do not. For example, I do not understand the author’s writing experience, or his or her emotional process as they wrote their lives away. At this point, I approach this novel as auto-fiction. About Bolaño’s life. I have not yet […] Continue reading →

This week’s poem comes from Retrospective. It was written by Luz Elena (Sergio’s wife in the novel). —Soldadito, dear soldier—whence have you come? —From the war, Señorita—how can I serve thee? —Have you seen my husband—ever, in the war? —No, Señora, I haven’t seen him—nor do I know what he’ s like. —My husband is […] Continue reading →