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Stop the presses!<p style="text-align: center;"> Click to expand!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8NlWrjdo4w8eM4zC6aAOmqZRduc5DCPIxWMCGiZE-P56n95I4kCAE6HBsIuq5oxnhgLfMF7mZoWOpd2ebG8DXm936VK4lkH-DkciWsFuKordw6xhi6phs-y1fyuFxPpz1QlY6jF9z5F8bndSQITCdvSFjMZG4aTNAGNqKBfqL4FnmJqturvRKHoAZvY/s1061/IMG_8877.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="820" height="731" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8NlWrjdo4w8eM4zC6aAOmqZRduc5DCPIxWMCGiZE-P56n95I4kCAE6HBsIuq5oxnhgLfMF7mZoWOpd2ebG8DXm936VK4lkH-DkciWsFuKordw6xhi6phs-y1fyuFxPpz1QlY6jF9z5F8bndSQITCdvSFjMZG4aTNAGNqKBfqL4FnmJqturvRKHoAZvY/w564-h731/IMG_8877.jpeg" width="564" /></a></div><br /><p></p>William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679497546446004016.post-56263637382031271432024-02-02T14:14:00.000-08:002024-02-15T14:35:06.083-08:00From the Depths of SDSU Press: Four Trips to Antiquity (1991)<p><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello, and welcome again, loyal readers. This is Robert Lang, full-time MFA student, SDSU Press editorial assistant, and part-time archeologist. I'm proud to welcome you back to yet another edition of 'FROM THE DEPTHS OF SDSU PRESS'. This week we'll be journeying through ancient Mayan ruins with an artist and anthropologist, but FIRST a bit of modern archaeological anthropology.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Perched above the desk of hardworking Press staffers is what I've come to lovingly refer to as the 'Winnebago of Wonders'.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-9ZNpACmcTWk2NQe_x982c6GQCZEwcQMVSxeE5mNH1HHeWUYgFQQ66Dj0HvmMRrVMr5gcl_rw-RwNiB0za4-aFSNOBaZJYfGuSnZbewoFdOTGV-hq9n0FBwsSLXNOw0t_DeAmDsfzxKm0jEcrtzNnPNcQ2Vqqmr9K6_fZez8fBDV3qyZGXMj9g1F4hY/s4032/PXL_20240126_195301838.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-9ZNpACmcTWk2NQe_x982c6GQCZEwcQMVSxeE5mNH1HHeWUYgFQQ66Dj0HvmMRrVMr5gcl_rw-RwNiB0za4-aFSNOBaZJYfGuSnZbewoFdOTGV-hq9n0FBwsSLXNOw0t_DeAmDsfzxKm0jEcrtzNnPNcQ2Vqqmr9K6_fZez8fBDV3qyZGXMj9g1F4hY/s320/PXL_20240126_195301838.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Where else will you see Godzilla, a moose, a carnivorous dinosaur, Rambo, and Regan on the same bus? Only at SDSU Press!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 'Winnebago of Wonders' is one the first things that draws the eye of any weary traveller coming across our offices. I ask you, dear reader, what does the 'Winnebago of Wonders' say about our humble little publication? I recently had a colleague and friend ask me, "What is it you do here?" while sitting across from my desk staring directly at our yellow cavalcade of terror and delights. No matter what I responded with, the only thing they were leaving this office with was the image of this bus so amazing that even planes want to get on board. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Working under these conditions, I hope you understand how much work is required to keep ourselves grounded here at SDSU Press. My outlet is reviewing our catalog with you fine folks. In the spirit of travel, inspired by the 'Winnebago of Wonders', today's publication takes us to Guatemala City and through the ruins of an ancient civilization. Join me as we check out "Four Trips to Antiquity" by Everett Gee Jackson.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXv3ESuY1NyLt29LAAmdqgnteMQssqXK3R2jst4TXkXetu6H5abOxu5YnEyyogfqvdH2u_B8JF7Of7ROhuLqjjR_CSKWsoToFQYPSsuquXfVzomSYwvB9e-LrUls816A-DGEMKR_k5exzLfgxBAYPZ0_5nw1GcsICxOQuyJw1Egmk9UCyEeUtqTs0Vq4s/s4032/PXL_20240126_200701847.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXv3ESuY1NyLt29LAAmdqgnteMQssqXK3R2jst4TXkXetu6H5abOxu5YnEyyogfqvdH2u_B8JF7Of7ROhuLqjjR_CSKWsoToFQYPSsuquXfVzomSYwvB9e-LrUls816A-DGEMKR_k5exzLfgxBAYPZ0_5nw1GcsICxOQuyJw1Egmk9UCyEeUtqTs0Vq4s/s320/PXL_20240126_200701847.MP.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Published in 1991</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The book opens with preface about Jackson's childhood encounters with thoughts of indigenous peoples and sets the stage for his future artistic urge to continue coming back to Guatemala and the ancient city Copán.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our first trip with Jackson starts in 1952. There's political turmoil in Guatemala City with bombs exploding constantly. Jackson receives a letter from the Limited Editions Club of New York to illustrate an english edition of the <i>Popol Vuh. </i>The text is an ancient manuscript that is something akin to a religious narrative text of the Kʼicheʼ(spelled Quiché by Jackson) people. The title roughly translates to the 'Book of the People', which is deliciously poetic given the contents of <i>Four Trips to Antiquity. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jackson is an artist, not just an artist but an art instructor at none other than our very own San Diego State University. With his journalist wife attached to her work, Jackson is ready to set off for the ancient Mayan city of Copán on a solo adventure...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Until he gets a call from an old friend. His friend's 18 year old son is going to be tagging along. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I realize this sounds like the setup to a 80s buddy comedy film, but bear with me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Craig, the 18-year-old son is one of my favorite characters in literature and to know that he's a real person who existed brings me immense joy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What follows in the first three chapters of the book IS an 80s buddy comedy film as Everett and young Craig traverse ancient cities in Honduras and Guatemala with the Guatemalan Revolution as the backdrop. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There's a great scene in the book where Jackson and Craig are entering their hotel for the first time and there is a loud explosive sound nearby. The clerk tells them there's nothing to worry about as Craig's eyes light up. Later the two have dinner with the hotel owner who tells them they have to keep quiet around the waiters as some of them might by Communist spies. Craig is very excited to be involved with espionage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love Craig. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jackson is eventually taken to a Quiché village where he witnesses the local culture and the distinct class between the Spanish Christian influence and local traditions. They travel up a steep mountain side to find a stone altar that the locals pray to after sending smoke up to the Christian God. A local religious figure warns Jackson that the locals might not be too happy with him drawing their altar.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the way up the side of the mountain, Craig wanders off the path to find a big stick to protect Jackson, becoming his de facto body guard. Craig is the best. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgN1twiaehIjAhoB2FE6NqDJfYZ4u4gkEssKDOLhg92U0mCtkGm6GCtW3V-LryQQmoksPSc6DNHkA7WE4S6cNxuwMW14yyaXPZlrTJ-xX9ysb0LM-kqRdUgmhgZzXmYJvvjFuRT_Do3TB02RipVIccOTuuP1mdurd5GGXJEFcD5KOFQQ-f9_Bl7sMW1CQ/s4032/PXL_20240202_193827939.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgN1twiaehIjAhoB2FE6NqDJfYZ4u4gkEssKDOLhg92U0mCtkGm6GCtW3V-LryQQmoksPSc6DNHkA7WE4S6cNxuwMW14yyaXPZlrTJ-xX9ysb0LM-kqRdUgmhgZzXmYJvvjFuRT_Do3TB02RipVIccOTuuP1mdurd5GGXJEFcD5KOFQQ-f9_Bl7sMW1CQ/s320/PXL_20240202_193827939.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Each description of an artifact, ruin, or structure is accompanied by Jackson's artworks. It's like peering into the mind of artist at work. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first two chapters cover Jackson's first time really visiting and taking in the Maya ruins with the intent of painting for the commissioned artwork, but interspersed are his first encounters with a very complicated culture. There's another great sequence set before Jackson and Craig are supposed to set out on a plane ride to another part of Honduras and they stumble across a market full of bananas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Craig, of course, wants an entire bundle of bananas to bring on their tiny charted plane before Jackson talks him down to just a dozen (Bless you, innocent Craig). While talking to the women who operate the stands, he learns that they don't have many bananas to sell and offer them only a few. This confuses Jackson, initially, realizing that the 'bananas' he was seeing were different types of plantains. This leaves Craig to make a truly philosophical statement, "Not Every Banana is a Banana in Central America". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As profoundly silly as that may sound, that statement winds being very illustrative of Jackson's further exploits in Guatemala. While he's focused on the history and the art not everything is as it seems in the land. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0tSh-GIAbBIm0m-aSv-pHMfYBHbhKGiWtefINxE6eiaobLuQ45z2KmbgkFr0xydoJK3-emSjaXolxMojyndE9nDhdNmyuEl0NDT1XHWYJEwoAxeO-aNMLJg0SOA5z9AuJseN7YNhqWtVrRCLGSmbNUXuEzLJflv1U8p-J8mIkKPs0ITy8MfPaVPW5R70/s4032/PXL_20240202_195041440.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0tSh-GIAbBIm0m-aSv-pHMfYBHbhKGiWtefINxE6eiaobLuQ45z2KmbgkFr0xydoJK3-emSjaXolxMojyndE9nDhdNmyuEl0NDT1XHWYJEwoAxeO-aNMLJg0SOA5z9AuJseN7YNhqWtVrRCLGSmbNUXuEzLJflv1U8p-J8mIkKPs0ITy8MfPaVPW5R70/w462-h616/PXL_20240202_195041440.MP.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Craig makes yet another profound observation "We are in a football field!" before quickly changing his mind. I didn't even mention that he befriends and has a conversation in English with a local who can only speak Spanish. Craig is truly a treasure. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiYK5Pr8lId7z3V4xA3ysPeSeTemZpgK5SjUPKA5D_jcMWbvxLg0fYq-5xuPYlqMnx7tNDQjlhSavgyAjxT07JEfUftJdi5Hq8WKpTsg2VqeaifFu9m2whk3CZyrsgMoe90T2mJv6qHqShf9fV16KYF0UmiM0uSXNqWq5UP_K6_mwtqbnLjWGBiEOMr8/s4032/PXL_20240202_195333393.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiYK5Pr8lId7z3V4xA3ysPeSeTemZpgK5SjUPKA5D_jcMWbvxLg0fYq-5xuPYlqMnx7tNDQjlhSavgyAjxT07JEfUftJdi5Hq8WKpTsg2VqeaifFu9m2whk3CZyrsgMoe90T2mJv6qHqShf9fV16KYF0UmiM0uSXNqWq5UP_K6_mwtqbnLjWGBiEOMr8/s320/PXL_20240202_195333393.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWv1mhQBd408uNz1UyaWLYt3LuQ-SDNWSkpdIgIgv5uKbaJI8Crvj2Wb_6_CMj2Bp4SQVyJ0jNmyURdZw04neTG74UVK0Obev5CVUupv2saywqNqNzZwrgsS1-7GqOyTU8SlV0D6wB2c2cSj9WtiKqHLUKhdgGfRRXwPEW7YM-yGqUvuuTQa3RlMOqe6M/s4032/PXL_20240202_195341444.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWv1mhQBd408uNz1UyaWLYt3LuQ-SDNWSkpdIgIgv5uKbaJI8Crvj2Wb_6_CMj2Bp4SQVyJ0jNmyURdZw04neTG74UVK0Obev5CVUupv2saywqNqNzZwrgsS1-7GqOyTU8SlV0D6wB2c2cSj9WtiKqHLUKhdgGfRRXwPEW7YM-yGqUvuuTQa3RlMOqe6M/s320/PXL_20240202_195341444.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWBsPtQVzPSSF3QUa4MvMBaPu2tjNG5le5xjiXHAQciMgXASwqfKpMK7z6UPucDwcqWCpsEP9byPsGncLqqCg-5AXNDU3xMyDZ9ujTECWlK6aLl-neFgm2QUtd173h-1xPsU_h74cdY0cOZZztB3YFzQtYMLBxgx2xjQQIkElMZ4mk-kSNpPXAftpOjw/s4032/PXL_20240202_195402016.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWBsPtQVzPSSF3QUa4MvMBaPu2tjNG5le5xjiXHAQciMgXASwqfKpMK7z6UPucDwcqWCpsEP9byPsGncLqqCg-5AXNDU3xMyDZ9ujTECWlK6aLl-neFgm2QUtd173h-1xPsU_h74cdY0cOZZztB3YFzQtYMLBxgx2xjQQIkElMZ4mk-kSNpPXAftpOjw/s320/PXL_20240202_195402016.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jackson describes his process throughout the book, but here is an instance of visualizing it. It's incredibly cool for anyone interested in the creative process.</span></div><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As the book goes on it follows Jackson back to Guatemala in 1954, 1962, and later 1978. The section covering 1954 is probably the juiciest part of the book covering his time with a San Diego State Anthropologist, an archaeologist, his run in with the Communist presidential candidate Seńor Williams, and his prolonged encounter with an enigmatic Tobacco company representative 'Mr. Smith'. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBTF4xuH-QFrvlKJgg-h7EmcMjLcFIfaZ3TAkZjv46E1Xsz-C1656CHHbYBBc74jm-Fgd5R584A48-yI3bU1-TSREyVozqCJ1NnpHHXP4OaGAw9P1oxuLnVQIjIYw-RCe6w9OKbeH_laGIS1RDn7gWsMhQkvIf7CCs3NIp_fjoi5N2LdcxixOxzI9iFj4/s1359/gettyimages-906774052-2048x2048.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="1359" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBTF4xuH-QFrvlKJgg-h7EmcMjLcFIfaZ3TAkZjv46E1Xsz-C1656CHHbYBBc74jm-Fgd5R584A48-yI3bU1-TSREyVozqCJ1NnpHHXP4OaGAw9P1oxuLnVQIjIYw-RCe6w9OKbeH_laGIS1RDn7gWsMhQkvIf7CCs3NIp_fjoi5N2LdcxixOxzI9iFj4/s320/gettyimages-906774052-2048x2048.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">The 'Torchman' Carving that inspired the cover painting. </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The book is an incredibly breezy read at 170 pages, and it's manages to tell one of those stories that keeps you wondering what other bizarre and extraordinary encounter is going to happen next. What I love most about it is how it's nested in an appreciation and consideration of the indigenous history, art, and culture. There is admittedly some dated language in the book, but Jackson's writing actually holds up as very approachable.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This book could just as easily sit on your shelf as an art book full of representations of Mayan works, but it comes attached with the somehow more incredible anecdotes of the artist behind them. This is an part-art book, part-adventure story, part-anthropology book. A revolution viewed through the eyes of a wandering artist focused on the past. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'd love to gush about it more, <strike>but I'm not being paid to shill for this book </strike>but it's genuinely something better experienced then discussed, much like any historical site or artwork. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If nothing else, I say read this book for Craig. He's not in it for as long as I would have wanted, but his spirit for adventure is infectious enough to inspire any reader to go out into the world and experience it in full. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I first dug this artifact from the depths of the archive, but what I found was a genuine treasure. As artist and a student who has recently had his own experience traveling amongst the ruins of an ancient civilization, I found a lot of heart and inspiration in Jackson taking me along on his journey. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everett Gee Jackson passed away the year I was born (realize I'm literally dating myself here), so I never would have had the chance to speak with him but this book has managed to make me feel like I've known and travelled with him for years. It's an experience I highly recommend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you so much for joining me on yet another look through the annals of SDSU Press history. Join me next time as I wander through a sea of cardboard to venture deeper into the depths of time here at SDSU Press. Wish me luck, for I'll need it. Until then, take care loyal reader!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">____________</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>If you're interested in picking up the book, you can find it from our catalogue -> <a href="https://a.co/d/46kZN1X" target="_blank">HERE</a> <- </span><span>and contribute in the effort to help clean up these four walls of chaos we call an office.</span></span></div></div></div><p></p>R. Lang IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105421190242561671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679497546446004016.post-90989946730627664192024-01-26T11:58:00.000-08:002024-02-15T14:31:27.446-08:00From the Depths of SDSU Press: The Comic Trial of Joseph K. (1996)<p> <span> </span></p><p><span> <span style="font-family: courier;"> WRITER'S NOTE: </span><span style="font-family: courier;">This post was meant to be finished in the year 2023, but in the fast moving world of academia, a 2023 deadline means January of the following year. So without further ado, onto the review!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">___________________</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span>Hello loyal readers (and future loyal readers) of the Aztec Paper! My name is Robert Lang, an MFA Creative Writer at SDSU and proud staffer for SDSU Press! </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span>Some of you may not be aware of the absolute state of the SDSU Press offices. </span><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CgGyVSw_Acekx-4M7nEoN1AJnFlh2-9TzpT6hTPSS1D-vYAq2QNNxy94MOTZdGoOiyDfhXbOvCh9rtDoDKKC5apzW_9GC4eMowRkOvrmAhELWF74lCEyaMCu69DI0uQHKz3iIPwLgJKAnLcNB6VsAl2sUQ4qzsGmXusa_Yf2fjdRxai2DMjUet7azE8/s4032/PXL_20231013_194930062.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CgGyVSw_Acekx-4M7nEoN1AJnFlh2-9TzpT6hTPSS1D-vYAq2QNNxy94MOTZdGoOiyDfhXbOvCh9rtDoDKKC5apzW_9GC4eMowRkOvrmAhELWF74lCEyaMCu69DI0uQHKz3iIPwLgJKAnLcNB6VsAl2sUQ4qzsGmXusa_Yf2fjdRxai2DMjUet7azE8/s320/PXL_20231013_194930062.MP.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Yes, it does look like San Diego Comic-Con threw up in here. Because it has.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span><span> Truth be told, dear readers, it's difficult working under these circumstances. To keep myself sane, I've decided to dig around the depths of the Press archives, not unlike Dr. Jones, to try and find hidden gems.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So join me as we take our first trip in a series I'm dubbing "From the Depths of SDSU Press". </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hidden in the far corners of the office archives I found a title in black that caught my eye, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMsq9FJ0suxOsk65rVwPy3ruewEwVunc3R_5cYyN9mL8V8IctjlAYOUWeCotuh5qfeEbHfxyHnYIks9d8wbGfA9jW07D__FDf6ve81iYhl9bxcSvMGXl4XaCEy_-Hxnl6LBdG5OupjuIA3HVQD-vei_Tc_F_-4OslRTosyJuRjNzwxR-V1PgUPQWqsqk/s4032/PXL_20231013_194626408.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMsq9FJ0suxOsk65rVwPy3ruewEwVunc3R_5cYyN9mL8V8IctjlAYOUWeCotuh5qfeEbHfxyHnYIks9d8wbGfA9jW07D__FDf6ve81iYhl9bxcSvMGXl4XaCEy_-Hxnl6LBdG5OupjuIA3HVQD-vei_Tc_F_-4OslRTosyJuRjNzwxR-V1PgUPQWqsqk/s320/PXL_20231013_194626408.MP.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">I have to note that there is a second ominous stack of the book that's tucked away behind a mountain of cardboard boxes. The sight would be too horrifying to your virgin eyes, dear reader. Be grateful I found the marginally less ominous stack next to a single copy of <i>Cultural Studies in the Digital Age</i></span></div><p></p></blockquote></blockquote><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> </i>The publication I've rescued from the bowels of the Press this week is "The Comic Trial of Joseph K." by Héctor Ortega, edited in English by Manuel Flores.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDA9oWdwtcUCvJPJ4IxFlNkU7aWggI4kly7YgAhyphenhyphenVmg2JyjNkZzLSfQMWsSoHOC2Ci_weaLSwA-PR7XtrID9ych8E7mDLYYcBd5ZcmsICzgyzgLr2M3AnUHpOtA1FAaCHS0zxCGwtvYJTibDw9m1tcgTt7Jx8YTL1Z0-LYhOg1y97Vr8hWP6pf_XHtOw/s4032/PXL_20231013_200843334.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDA9oWdwtcUCvJPJ4IxFlNkU7aWggI4kly7YgAhyphenhyphenVmg2JyjNkZzLSfQMWsSoHOC2Ci_weaLSwA-PR7XtrID9ych8E7mDLYYcBd5ZcmsICzgyzgLr2M3AnUHpOtA1FAaCHS0zxCGwtvYJTibDw9m1tcgTt7Jx8YTL1Z0-LYhOg1y97Vr8hWP6pf_XHtOw/s320/PXL_20231013_200843334.MP.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Published in 1996, the back of the book promises Ortega's adaptation of Franz Kafka's <i>The Trial</i>, written as a stageplay, along with a series of artists and critics' reflections. D. Emily Hicks, author of <i>Border Writing: The Multidimensional Text</i> promises "Ortega's version of <i>The Trial </i>reveals the mexicandidad of Franz Kafka's works." Considering Kafka is one of <b>THE </b>most European authors I know, that's a claim I needed to verify for myself. Alright, D. Emily Hicks, I'm willing to take a chance with you. Let's get into this book.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I'm immediately greeted with...</span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIGhFPyvwwJFwaRL7hpl_0I-k6TvNVqJBFOLG_QjKpb0Osc-KHMOMkvAzwM_PbE-GKFc2CxRK2edgdKRO5T3PKH2Tjy297YsyIzr-ZolsZgTzq7lDGF7f_DQ_2EnwJoNBHLmk3RFx_ALO13ONiMq9Rl7-qTKRzpbTZeJKEI6Eip4YnI9iYdZ2Jky3cvQ/s4032/PXL_20231013_202755018.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIGhFPyvwwJFwaRL7hpl_0I-k6TvNVqJBFOLG_QjKpb0Osc-KHMOMkvAzwM_PbE-GKFc2CxRK2edgdKRO5T3PKH2Tjy297YsyIzr-ZolsZgTzq7lDGF7f_DQ_2EnwJoNBHLmk3RFx_ALO13ONiMq9Rl7-qTKRzpbTZeJKEI6Eip4YnI9iYdZ2Jky3cvQ/s320/PXL_20231013_202755018.MP.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Ok, there's a lot to unpack here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Anyone familiar with Kafka's work should be familiar with the type of surreal imagery his works inspire and the book is filled throughout with the drawings of José Luis Cuevas inspired by the Austrian author. The art, and more importantly, the artist set the scene for the cross-cultural nature of this work. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">In a solidly written introduction by Harry Polkinhorn, he discusses the cultural divide between the two authors of focus in this text. Franz Kafka and Héctor Ortega. One a "Polish Jew living in Prague and writing in German (instead of Yiddish)" and the other a Mexican actor, director, and writer living in Mexico City. When you discover that the art comes from the Mexico City-based Luis Cuevas and Ortega insisted on it's inclusion in the book, an image forms of this web of inspiration projecting from from 1914 Prague to 1940s America and France, 1950s Germany, 1970s Israel, and 1980s Mexico. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglo714sIT9MU0BJfIQ78H9pNP_foxN6fexXAXsbtTXGoMzLxi-zLs0_A7ZyEx7qxohXjOswCOjEmgFEbtxmiOlqcIOPdF0egpd3gYtQrv4J6-aDy3hoOCRwmTkNmKpZTYjbbWLrJIRAwixl8uvltuVuQrtKO1h-m4h2YNR0ub0Uxbg-OTznx93GSPc8Ig" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="260" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglo714sIT9MU0BJfIQ78H9pNP_foxN6fexXAXsbtTXGoMzLxi-zLs0_A7ZyEx7qxohXjOswCOjEmgFEbtxmiOlqcIOPdF0egpd3gYtQrv4J6-aDy3hoOCRwmTkNmKpZTYjbbWLrJIRAwixl8uvltuVuQrtKO1h-m4h2YNR0ub0Uxbg-OTznx93GSPc8Ig" width="176" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">You'll have to excuse me this indulgence, I went down a <i>The Trial </i>adaptation rabbit hole and I'm bringing you with me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The play was originally produced in 1982, the same year a BBC Radio 4 production of Kafka's <i>The Trial </i>was broadcasted. If I had a nickel for every non-German language production of <i>The Trial </i>released in 1982 I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What does this mean about Kafka and his work that it's so resonant with so many cultures at different points in time? I think the book and the scholars featured within give some thoughts to that. The essays following the script discuss the social and cultural context of adapting Kafka and his humor. The humor is the most relevant aspect of the <i>The Trial </i>in Ortega's adaptation. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If the title didn't clue you in <i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">El cómico proceso de José K, </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">which translates to the English "The Comic Trial of Joseph K.", comedy is at the forefront of the adaptation. The original novel, for those of you who haven't read it, details an unfortunate year in the life of bank clerk Josef K. who is placed under arrest for an unknown crime and is ultimately (Spoilers, but it's almost a 100-year old novel at this point) executed. Now I know what you're thinking, that sounds like an absolutely hilarious romp. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The comedy of Kafka, which is discussed by several of the scholars in the book most notably Hicks, is very absurdist and deeply satirical. Throughout the original novel, Josef finds himself at the mercy of a justice system that is so institutionally fraught with incompetence and corruption that even as he's being sentenced to execution no one is sure what crime he's being convicted for. The bizarre events that make up the year of Josef's life is given a very unique presentation in Ortega's adaptation.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ortega doesn't just adapt <i>The Trial </i>beat for beat, but instead tells an abridged meta-version that features an omniscient narrator, characters who exist outside the narrative, an audience surrogate actor who speaks directly to the audience about Kafka, and even Kafka himself. It's a surreal read that I would have loved to seen live. The entire play is as much a celebration of Kafkaesque comedy as it is an adaptation.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a bizarrely entertaining two act play, but I was still left with the question of why this story, why Kafka, and why now (now being 1980s Mexico)? Thankfully the book isn't just the text, as the cover so helpfully points out, but also context. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The political landscape of Mexico of that era was marked by widespread political corruption under then President López Portillo. The systems meant to govern and help the people of Mexico was being perverted to serve people with monied interests and power. A time when there was a civil war brewing between the U.S. backed institutional party and local dissidents. There was little faith in the powers that be in the Mexico Héctor Ortega was living in. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is it any wonder then that the absurdist depiction of a institution wrought with inadequacies and incompetence would speak to this disillusioned generation? One of the final lines in the play is a quote of Kafka's spoken by an actor that goes, "[l]iteraure is not much a matter of literary history but a people's matter." To me, that says it all. <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>At the end of the year </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">El cómico proceso de José K</i><span> went into production, </span><span>Miguel de la Madrid was elected president and ran on a "moral renovation" campaign aiming to balk back at government corruption. I'm not implying the play or Kafka is responsible for this, but...art has been known to have strange effects on the world. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: courier; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDLZKkYlEi14GIdOlUGOAEhK6Cszpz2o9t8rmNeSAfKSlLkFzZFdItPdDIAU4cYyh4fbC5az2_Xcruf8gOLhpug6HFOzHpIJc1GV9f1paFI5WOh1rEfUv9QEympP2owHcIkpjgPCOlq9ilrng-YPHp6EFEDIqNoxiB2sFIfcoPKRO8sp2O-rHS3lpjZ74" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDLZKkYlEi14GIdOlUGOAEhK6Cszpz2o9t8rmNeSAfKSlLkFzZFdItPdDIAU4cYyh4fbC5az2_Xcruf8gOLhpug6HFOzHpIJc1GV9f1paFI5WOh1rEfUv9QEympP2owHcIkpjgPCOlq9ilrng-YPHp6EFEDIqNoxiB2sFIfcoPKRO8sp2O-rHS3lpjZ74" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">The book also features stills from the original production which is cool, but only makes wish I could have seen the play myself. It's a blessing and a curse.</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, we lost Héctor Ortega Gómez in 2020, but the work featured in this book stands as a testament to a longstanding conversation between storytellers that goes as far back as paintings on the inside of a cave. "The Comic Trial of Joseph K." is definitely worth your time if you're a fan of Kafka, interested in cross-cultural adaptation, or you're just looking to read something a little peculiar.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I want to thank you for joining me for this inaugural look through the annals of SDSU Press history. Join me next time as we jump back into fray and try not to get buried by old film props and Batman lunchboxes. Until then, take care loyal reader!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">___________________</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can pick yourself up a copy of The Comic Trial of Joseph K. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Comic-Trial-Joseph-K-Context/dp/187969140X" target="_blank">here</a> and contribute in the effort to help clean up these four walls of chaos we call an office.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p>R. Lang IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105421190242561671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679497546446004016.post-18651423664273831802023-12-16T09:35:00.000-08:002023-12-16T09:36:36.464-08:00Monday Night at 6pm at the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union, An SDSU Press Coming Out Fiesta! The Launch of BORDER CITIZEN, a New Young Adult Fiction Novel by Ralph Inzunza from Xopan Books, a New SDSU Press ImprintMore info and huge pictures here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sandiegostateuniversitypress/posts/871962568266995?ref=embed_post" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/sandiegostateuniversitypress/posts/871962568266995?ref=embed_post</a>
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Luckily, SDSU Press has the perfect gift just waiting to be picked up by someone such as yourself.</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RG_Q0yf3xIGZhX9J79ny3hbgFMIO-KoxNZSzTkT6jO0u69qIxS-bOUNXRwjffYmWSlpYJADea-Qlv7J_1m2adFdZOxLCfcNHl2JmpwKLrCYJsxktBuQ7RBXWZMq658MZfnADJg6so5PkKUrY62V4rqTGRH0cCFuuckxFItStKociCHb1a-JAL7A_/s701/HISTORYBOOKBLOG%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="701" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RG_Q0yf3xIGZhX9J79ny3hbgFMIO-KoxNZSzTkT6jO0u69qIxS-bOUNXRwjffYmWSlpYJADea-Qlv7J_1m2adFdZOxLCfcNHl2JmpwKLrCYJsxktBuQ7RBXWZMq658MZfnADJg6so5PkKUrY62V4rqTGRH0cCFuuckxFItStKociCHb1a-JAL7A_/s320/HISTORYBOOKBLOG%201.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">San Diego State: A History in Word and Image </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">presents you with the entire history, starting from its humble beginnings as a state normal school, all the way to the University’s position at the end of the 20th century. Raymond Starr’s (along with editing done by Harry Polkinhorn) chronicle brilliantly captures SDSU’s evolution and progress with succinct, yet descriptive writings, complimented wonderfully by photos and illustrations, as the title would aptly suggest. </span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-ce60dd5d-7fff-5318-7c19-6e72d0027b60"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqCg6iCRktNI-tJ6Vk8EreSnXEjscDNjNfTZKvSCWZUno-jo2KxI0r3I-UO88NzveG8vJHA1VNB6LmuFeURbBiyvQxrWxyg7pZXplfHsd6v8JSdbHnzXTi8NktzqWU5wNWPSOcHJcHl_QN0pF3Yh3_7qurHm0oY0DuSHwIij9oA0raI0SkloydGgS/s978/HISTORYBOOKBLOG%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="978" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqCg6iCRktNI-tJ6Vk8EreSnXEjscDNjNfTZKvSCWZUno-jo2KxI0r3I-UO88NzveG8vJHA1VNB6LmuFeURbBiyvQxrWxyg7pZXplfHsd6v8JSdbHnzXTi8NktzqWU5wNWPSOcHJcHl_QN0pF3Yh3_7qurHm0oY0DuSHwIij9oA0raI0SkloydGgS/s320/HISTORYBOOKBLOG%202.png" width="320" /></a></div>You can buy your copy right <a href="https://www.amazon.com/San-Diego-State-University-History/dp/1938537564/ref=sr_1_1?crid=251WL4ID6ASQI&keywords=san+diego+state+university+a+history+in+word+and+image&qid=1682448875&s=books&sprefix=san+diego+state+university+a+history+in+word+and+imag%2Cstripbooks%2C155&sr=1-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc">here!</a> <p></p><p>Follow all of our socials <a href="https://sdsupress.sdsu.edu/">right here!</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZJ4f3Dp1efIoVxOh5tC5VgS9hUmMVdox5cTZ02KPgdYiaZGAbra2xta7Wv23UJBUf5BjnhAeZJs5q-nK8KnFLxiDuAth5qNFEpWcmYZrH8ILqzMx3SmtHkoHUqpBUcNewatYVbtgM1K-xbrrxFrs1dzXFa0G7BTJAyYfbpFFGQDsJqw3Bt8-Xp3N/s991/HISTORYBOOKBLOG%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="991" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZJ4f3Dp1efIoVxOh5tC5VgS9hUmMVdox5cTZ02KPgdYiaZGAbra2xta7Wv23UJBUf5BjnhAeZJs5q-nK8KnFLxiDuAth5qNFEpWcmYZrH8ILqzMx3SmtHkoHUqpBUcNewatYVbtgM1K-xbrrxFrs1dzXFa0G7BTJAyYfbpFFGQDsJqw3Bt8-Xp3N/s320/HISTORYBOOKBLOG%203.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Jack Hinzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01888650955400393259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679497546446004016.post-14560457915094116262023-04-07T08:04:00.002-07:002023-04-07T08:04:13.167-07:00SDSU Press Author Wins a Guggenheim! Congratulations Roger Rosenblatt!<p> </p>
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Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679497546446004016.post-60346962867592955742023-03-26T18:22:00.002-07:002023-03-31T19:03:16.521-07:00Memes of Yesteryear in CABARET VOLTAIRE! <p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihjJsbaEIJJlXLYh9S_BLw6TGHbrtE7ef7kVIY3oouuJVtW4es609afA6_d_5KQLLVQ6D9uk-yTJ5fh0hIbtzFQeSqOBF_OtpSzECjXqlOo_f4ojTapQ9PDzH6mX51ExPcGId4uIxPp8AsXlQifMDtAE1y228qMs9EneSywCDNbsOPnenUmPXb6sCK" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihjJsbaEIJJlXLYh9S_BLw6TGHbrtE7ef7kVIY3oouuJVtW4es609afA6_d_5KQLLVQ6D9uk-yTJ5fh0hIbtzFQeSqOBF_OtpSzECjXqlOo_f4ojTapQ9PDzH6mX51ExPcGId4uIxPp8AsXlQifMDtAE1y228qMs9EneSywCDNbsOPnenUmPXb6sCK" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Long Before we had theories of such as transmedia and convergence culture, there was the late 1970s xerographed, radical mail art zine, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CABVOLT” </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">says Frederick Luis Aldama, Professor and Author of other books regarding comics, such as </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">lovingly done by SDSU, in addition to essays and an exchange with the creator of the dadazine collection via mail, Ferrera Brain Pan, gives the reader a better understanding, insight, and appreciation for the predecessor of the alternative comics industry. </span></div></span></div><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c0bf1a97-7fff-830e-d6b8-147362d43d56"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0X15lnfutlfItlRlzK0NCwjH-adn8R0Z6J44k4SElMZx2FZ0btl1XVAV2o2HnahzoJOcCwNLaCZx8p4_Liki9LzQ7aSpfdgShphX-xSTMAj6jOE9BDW7E9LS6bprNlBn9_g_ZGm_3ZIluSjFcJCji4wQRBkZW3ia8GNmqLngwmSWt05xaclwgkrhr" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1901" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0X15lnfutlfItlRlzK0NCwjH-adn8R0Z6J44k4SElMZx2FZ0btl1XVAV2o2HnahzoJOcCwNLaCZx8p4_Liki9LzQ7aSpfdgShphX-xSTMAj6jOE9BDW7E9LS6bprNlBn9_g_ZGm_3ZIluSjFcJCji4wQRBkZW3ia8GNmqLngwmSWt05xaclwgkrhr" width="178" /></a> </p><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> All in all, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CABARET VOLTAIRE: FLUXUS WEST SAN DIEGO AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is not only an entertaining collection of vintage mail art in which SDSU served as a hub for, but also gives context to the absurd, dadaist art movement of the late 20th century. </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can buy your copy right </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cabaret-Voltaire-Fluxus-Southern-California/dp/1879691337/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=cabaret+voltaire&m=A119ICNS1106UD&qid=1679879833&s=merchant-items&sr=" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">here!!</a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take a look at our entire collection <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?i=merchant-items&me=A119ICNS1106UD">over here,</a> and keep up with us via social media <a href="https://linktr.ee/sdsupresslinks">right here.</a></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>Jack Hinzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01888650955400393259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679497546446004016.post-28826823073833972172023-03-17T20:34:00.002-07:002023-03-31T19:07:00.531-07:00Talking Bats, Motorcycling Grandmothers, and The Russian Mafia in THE COMPLEAT MOSCOW CALLING <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEkb8CBuESiPOPrrf_VRZjMQ9PR-5za5dZoNmSYlJNv_0gy250q0hdHIRb7ZvSDE3QIkhtk6zEfEOIiIAURp5jkRnVlRsDG9Mps4pd1JJnW_cTHbmw0V96O0muYrJLj3RoXCHD1qAywJoNjGR2GEIGZ77yU4_HNKYrNqxL__M0xc_XlqV_J8Etxpr7" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="405" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEkb8CBuESiPOPrrf_VRZjMQ9PR-5za5dZoNmSYlJNv_0gy250q0hdHIRb7ZvSDE3QIkhtk6zEfEOIiIAURp5jkRnVlRsDG9Mps4pd1JJnW_cTHbmw0V96O0muYrJLj3RoXCHD1qAywJoNjGR2GEIGZ77yU4_HNKYrNqxL__M0xc_XlqV_J8Etxpr7" width="194" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I figured if I was going to wash dishes to eat, I’d wash them in Moscow, the most fascinating, bizarre and edgy place I’d ever seen.” These words, said by Jose Alaniz, author and illustrator of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">THE COMPLEAT MOSCOW CALLING </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">open up the beginning of this sprawling collection, which includes the entirety of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MOSCOW CALLING, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the first continuous American comic strip found in Russia, along with it’s partly finished follow up </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CASSIE’S TURN, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as well as the novella </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MOSCOW ‘93. </span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-14d499e8-7fff-6f79-e359-863403dd9ee7"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhP5j5fEh4BvGMp7KPYgLO9PhNES8eAoujuR4sKLJGBI1zqbRomiZHAfdNw08zWSGqgtI07vSVkBbwTll39DFYzWq_6Md0GJLXY2pzTF0a2_6iF3UHy-5sxl3WIQLr6kP2YYXbYvnn7EBuzCDQmUgwcipQgzpPp66WLpnc9kVHlzLe7i5NhMffRSQCS" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="2093" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhP5j5fEh4BvGMp7KPYgLO9PhNES8eAoujuR4sKLJGBI1zqbRomiZHAfdNw08zWSGqgtI07vSVkBbwTll39DFYzWq_6Md0GJLXY2pzTF0a2_6iF3UHy-5sxl3WIQLr6kP2YYXbYvnn7EBuzCDQmUgwcipQgzpPp66WLpnc9kVHlzLe7i5NhMffRSQCS" width="196" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alaniz’ words regarding the City couldn’t be more accurate in the works presented in AMATL Comix #5. Following Pepe Pérez, the titular star of the comic, who ends up in Moscow accidentally, the reader is taken throughout Moscow and introduced to a cavalcade of characters, included but not limited to a talking bat in a similar predicament as Pepe named Sid, a member of the Russian mafia named Ruslan, who has an uncanny resemblance to Pepe, and his motorcycle riding, rough and ready baba; the vibrant cast of characters, along with the unique setting of Post-Soviet Russia, make for an excellent read. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are you waiting for? Buy it while you can! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZD13NyyCctnlgq-rKzgt-R7SBa5X5l6TNn2rxzIfy-u-dxMP5cCx9zxKPMhdAyo1kxZiWa9QZH7QfqQPf-dEl__KS0_bzPnEPyP0snp1dzkQtWysRtC-wxrsvl11lVjwFfSuFVXxV-Nc4Yz3ycrgxPuASL6_0MlqdYyPBtpKd0O1svLsmHiRUro-l" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1978" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZD13NyyCctnlgq-rKzgt-R7SBa5X5l6TNn2rxzIfy-u-dxMP5cCx9zxKPMhdAyo1kxZiWa9QZH7QfqQPf-dEl__KS0_bzPnEPyP0snp1dzkQtWysRtC-wxrsvl11lVjwFfSuFVXxV-Nc4Yz3ycrgxPuASL6_0MlqdYyPBtpKd0O1svLsmHiRUro-l" width="185" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keep updated with us on all platforms with <a href="https://linktr.ee/sdsupresslinks">this link here!</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>Jack Hinzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01888650955400393259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679497546446004016.post-7636408673507422632023-03-08T10:43:00.005-08:002023-03-31T19:08:03.568-07:00David Ward-Steinman’s Stirring Discourse Regarding the Arts <p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbBsyVN9rHeIIHwyQ85_14Js2bfoIJs4iza00bLWE3J6ujMYLJqIRRXulV8J1OzQM0SdcOJi2ctcKa6k4CGU2ShBCuHurrDMxx_OADnGqR0bjazZeU5sTtlMvScd4oDOcOhi4lOf5ogJc1h-OluXgq5-Scu_aKLt3SNC6N2pLcekAaKfr8FBdWJc8/s1024/STEINMANCOVERS1024_1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="663" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbBsyVN9rHeIIHwyQ85_14Js2bfoIJs4iza00bLWE3J6ujMYLJqIRRXulV8J1OzQM0SdcOJi2ctcKa6k4CGU2ShBCuHurrDMxx_OADnGqR0bjazZeU5sTtlMvScd4oDOcOhi4lOf5ogJc1h-OluXgq5-Scu_aKLt3SNC6N2pLcekAaKfr8FBdWJc8/w259-h400/STEINMANCOVERS1024_1.png" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvhqmrc9WZcblREY6bCwp_ioCtlrdKccZkdz4ljN2c1mGeBT15183QyLIV6t0d36hze3Gp1km-9UkALUhCVeYHT6xDgLYviDdAWVXzQyd2NbCAmaCFHBN217JK3P51hHBIZc2mgPjzQex52z4qGEZub94OI7N9-oc8-KzUaexoeLlr0o4hJ2CaI2q/s791/STEINMAN%20DIAGRAMS1024_3.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="791" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvhqmrc9WZcblREY6bCwp_ioCtlrdKccZkdz4ljN2c1mGeBT15183QyLIV6t0d36hze3Gp1km-9UkALUhCVeYHT6xDgLYviDdAWVXzQyd2NbCAmaCFHBN217JK3P51hHBIZc2mgPjzQex52z4qGEZub94OI7N9-oc8-KzUaexoeLlr0o4hJ2CaI2q/s320/STEINMAN%20DIAGRAMS1024_3.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Humans have enjoyed art for centuries, with several types of mediums to express oneself, and by extension, to analyze. One might suggest digesting a piece of music would be variable to digesting a painting, or a building, however, Professor David Ward-Steinman investigates and proposes the similarities of different types of artwork. In his book, diagrams and images are placed alongside transcripts of Ward-Steinman’s lectures from universities in order to delve deeper into his own thoughts of how different mediums of artwork is examined, or rather, how they can be examined with similar techniques. For example:</span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-baa22ee7-7fff-f80e-07ec-92884815c6c7"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQVXXosDexbp6VlG_1GXgUMSbQTYYvuxCivcyZpudcfMUPI8844NMA9Uc5hlYyxtAWdvCH0MTtvBdBIj5p2UltYtWz-wfHgvqbZz9NVaQc0uax8BVn_OFUaSETMh1D_6msl2qjzkfelaumhVlhj-0YhrN50I2RFneRLo_ZBtOQNj7P_z6m4QFHlJ9/s1024/STEINMAN%20DIAGRAMS1024_2.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="791" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQVXXosDexbp6VlG_1GXgUMSbQTYYvuxCivcyZpudcfMUPI8844NMA9Uc5hlYyxtAWdvCH0MTtvBdBIj5p2UltYtWz-wfHgvqbZz9NVaQc0uax8BVn_OFUaSETMh1D_6msl2qjzkfelaumhVlhj-0YhrN50I2RFneRLo_ZBtOQNj7P_z6m4QFHlJ9/s320/STEINMAN%20DIAGRAMS1024_2.png" width="247" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ward-Steinman, aside from being a professor in music, as well as a Composer-in-Residence for both the Tampa Bay area, and San Diego State University, also earned the title Distinguished Professor of Music Emeritus at the latter location. With a rich musical background behind him, he is able to take the way music is composed and developed, as well as the process of which it is read, and apply those same standards and techniques to other mediums. </span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His thoughts do however go beyond comparing music to other artforms; he also takes the time to show how viewing paintings can be taken in similar ways to pieces of architectural design. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ward-Steinman also spends part of his lectures regarding how different mediums of art can be separated into their own groups, and what makes them distinct from one another. </span></p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p></span><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Between the professor’s words, precise diagrams regarding the lecture, and in addition to that, questions asked to him that are answered eloquently, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Toward a Comparative Structural Theory of the Arts </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is well worth the time of anyone who fancies themselves an enjoyer of art, regardless of the structure or form. </span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check the book out <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?i=merchant-items&me=A119ICNS1106UD&lo=image&page=5&qid=1678300951&ref=sr_pg_4">right here</a>, along with our other publications! </span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://ward-steinman.weebly.com/obituary.html">David Ward-Steinman Obituary</a><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>Jack Hinzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01888650955400393259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679497546446004016.post-22250903087393013732023-03-07T15:10:00.006-08:002023-03-08T12:43:01.820-08:00Reviews are in for Susan Cole's THEY MADE A LIST<p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Reviews are in for Susan Cole's stunning book, <i>They Made a List: A Memoir Beyond Memory.</i> Check out this one found within <i>From the Hill </i>below (featured left).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Roger Rosenblatt, author of The Story I Am: Mad About the Writing Life </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span></span></div></div><div><br /></div>Cole's beautiful memoir investigates her first learned words, as documented by her parents. thanks to their meticulous observations, this book gives the reader not only an in-depth and careful examination of how even the first few words we learn can tie into who you mature into. <div><br /></div><div>You can check the book out <a href="https://www.amazon.com/They-Made-List-Memoir-Beyond/dp/193853719X/ref=sr_1_6?m=A119ICNS1106UD&qid=1678307575&s=merchant-items&sr=1-6">right here!</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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CATARACT BLUES by Roger Rosenblatt<h1 style="text-align: left;"><i>BRAND NEW @ SDSU PRESS </i></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;">Cataract Blues by Roger Rosenblatt</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzuv4DNPS2w-GmCnEwvihHEYw_k0ggP6USiKLyuuQgS9LSBH_3xtLkynS_Jbc_-afRF_5CcCS1gTmguuJDEWw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">fall in love… </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">with CATARACT BLUES by Roger Rosenblatt with illustrations by Jules Feiffer </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cataract-Blues-Keyboard-Roger-Rosenblatt/dp/0916304388/ref=sr_1_4?m=A119ICNS1106UD&qid=1676395589&s=merchant-items&sr=1-4">AVAILABLE HERE</a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679497546446004016.post-38197326106308928732023-02-01T10:47:00.001-08:002023-02-01T10:47:02.194-08:00Help SDSU Press Spread the Word! Roger Rosenblatt's CATARACT BLUES: RUNNING THE KEYBOARD Illustrated by Jules Feiffer Launches Officially February 14, 2023, But Is Available NOW!<div id="fb-root"></div>
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Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679497546446004016.post-80769207551374070732023-01-31T08:36:00.002-08:002023-03-31T19:10:47.847-07:00Available Now: Cataract Blues- Running the Keyboard<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">From the celebrated New York Times Bestselling Author Roger Rosenblatt, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">accompanied by drawings by famed illustrator and Pulitzer prize-winning </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">cartoonist Jules Feiffer comes: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Cataract Blues: Running the Keyboard. </b></span></p><p><b id="docs-internal-guid-d0bbca41-7fff-35ac-e2f8-2ff9f65c621d" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 323px; overflow: hidden; width: 220px;"><img height="323" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/m2QGsSTUPKfL3RgLhEoPHnc45GNs3Npj9u2vXXsYUfwnLl95q33ik72VVqMI6qaj1nIU9XkXWgwR5sLvJ4_hlEvu9D6B17WyVjft_ZyNSfYcl_A42fFLySkTAJjqLHqemcGE94MQ-SJolz6vxf7kyRo" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="220" /> </span></b></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUz78v93nriSlRGdyODf9zpzH6C1Um6XoGIEGPoj8ofA06XWQWPr2klIPRmaHPda_wUXhslhDZGDJyPmCXcLo3bjvoXvI5bmfXAQITnWnnpj94zT1Qg0WW8L8LGaE9vCsmNsJDg9EuFOF5ThIKbQNqnw_31GkEy-7zVUndc15TMSd5FOV3sjNbAyBP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1080" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUz78v93nriSlRGdyODf9zpzH6C1Um6XoGIEGPoj8ofA06XWQWPr2klIPRmaHPda_wUXhslhDZGDJyPmCXcLo3bjvoXvI5bmfXAQITnWnnpj94zT1Qg0WW8L8LGaE9vCsmNsJDg9EuFOF5ThIKbQNqnw_31GkEy-7zVUndc15TMSd5FOV3sjNbAyBP" width="320" /></a></b></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdVzZGwfH9PXV9GVo8UXRB096uRSifLRO4Rf0NE8oXqeDLBPc614PAPnlcZntZojHmMr2qcrYFCs96UP8V7MK-_rTfTI3ffZ2zOPVe7a6wUjQu_zT_dD58I9yN1YVov-ulYaz2f0GHGm6HBFyWWa-o9xVLzRx6Ht_PU_rF6ewUIemqFd_WTwsyOae4" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1077" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdVzZGwfH9PXV9GVo8UXRB096uRSifLRO4Rf0NE8oXqeDLBPc614PAPnlcZntZojHmMr2qcrYFCs96UP8V7MK-_rTfTI3ffZ2zOPVe7a6wUjQu_zT_dD58I9yN1YVov-ulYaz2f0GHGm6HBFyWWa-o9xVLzRx6Ht_PU_rF6ewUIemqFd_WTwsyOae4" width="320" /></a>Rosenblatt’s memoir is a genre-bending adventure that takes the reader through his own poetic lens. By exploring an eclectic group of subjects, ranging from art, music, and literature, to science and architecture, Rosenblatt is able to provide refined, subtle analyses of love, death, nostalgia, and the human experience, with a keen sense of humor placed throughout the book. Combined with Feiffer’s dynamic style, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cataract Blues </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">presents us with a partnership that exemplifies all the curves and edges of life; Rosenblatt’s writings paired with Feiffer’s art leaves us with a musical experience filled to the brim with introspection and insight that is well worth your time. </span></b><p></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img alt="" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1076" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMN0CEQii3G3sRqxe-gGlYJtq3zOCV4QmbpvOiEc7mokxjFnHJ5q4KVNBslhH8mJteTD_I4_WofsuV3YPDc6BNKoDbp10PgEJJE5VTyPSFxl9VZ7HRwZOEydPG5kpY_gSmDJocrT1bzNifUg4AQ3uSgmIgUlGIY7DjTREyl5295XycHVa5jhcQbUpF" width="320" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">You can buy the book from SDSU Press <a href="https://amzn.to/3wOoJNu">here</a>! 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By choosing to discuss an eclectic collection of shows and characters, such as Valerie from JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS, Frozone from THE INCREDIBLES, and Storm from X-MEN, Gainer is able to form a clear picture for the audience regarding the marginalization of minorities in animation. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSPMC6-APJylCPHonoQMjXv2ItrsBilS31nUMXQLqZfTRITdQjv5rf-gI-H2A6abNmv8ZvtNaHb3CBkVXOF7THWNEAxxhVLCRAbEJ403iE8d0lfF70qYttSnoo76PnIkcUP6w_-Rh2vPKs_NiLOAGGgKiKk-D6oGr2_OWmtGpt1Yun8-xxBjOJgLco" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSPMC6-APJylCPHonoQMjXv2ItrsBilS31nUMXQLqZfTRITdQjv5rf-gI-H2A6abNmv8ZvtNaHb3CBkVXOF7THWNEAxxhVLCRAbEJ403iE8d0lfF70qYttSnoo76PnIkcUP6w_-Rh2vPKs_NiLOAGGgKiKk-D6oGr2_OWmtGpt1Yun8-xxBjOJgLco" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-6525e1af-7fff-74a2-9283-98abeff44e7e"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With praise from other academics in similar fields, such as Tim Fielder, author of INIFINITUM: AN AFROFUTURIST TALE, and John Jennings, professor and comics illustrator, Gainer’s work is a necessary read for everyone wanting a deeper understanding of media, and to a greater extent, the world around them. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can purchase the book here! </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3ziLPhk" style="background-color: white; color: #ff9900; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 13.2px;">https://amzn.to/3ziLPhk</a></span></div></span>Jack Hinzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01888650955400393259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679497546446004016.post-67615039389495621352022-10-22T10:32:00.004-07:002022-10-22T10:33:07.286-07:00Cultural Studies in the Digital Age, the Cultural Studies Anthology for Seminars in Literature, Film Studies, Comix Studies, Media Studies, Communications, and More!<div id="fb-root"></div>
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