Author Archives: Prof VZ

Bechdel Background…

As I was trolling around the web for some suitable background tidbits related to our second-to-last autobiography, Fun Home, I first arrived at Bechdel’s home base on the interweb. It’s a lovely space.  It also led me to these two … Continue reading

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Cabeza de Vaca on the Big Screen and in Books

I thought there had to be a film version of Cabeza de Vaca’s narrative–and sure enough, there is.  I had difficulty locating an English-language trailer, but I think you can pretty much follow the action here.  In my thorough research … Continue reading

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The Self as Story

Who are we?  What is our essential identity?  What if I said that we, as human beings, exist in the form of something as seemingly ephemeral and changeable as a story?  I want to suggest just that: we don’t exist separately … Continue reading

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