Citario Melville
On the anniversary of Herman Melville’s birth, this quote is for those who still prefer not to do so.
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Zulema Gutiérrez: “I believe in the profoundly liberating possibility of poetry without a self”
Writing like disassembling a body: conversation with Zulema Gutiérrez about her latest book.
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Citario Canetti
On the anniversary of Elías Canetti’s birth, this citario allows you to hear the babbling and missteps that inhabit books.
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Inti Yanes-Fernández: “Rediscovering the human and the divine through AI: the next big thing”
A reflection on the existential urgency of confronting digital alienation and human essence in the age of AI, glimpsing in cyberspace a paradoxical theological hope for redemption and de-alienation.
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Onduras by Reinaldo Arenas
On the anniversary of Reinaldo Arenas’ birth, this collection of quotes brings together the mind-blowing world of the Cuban writer.
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Nelson Llanes: “I don’t believe in the honesty of writers”
Nelson Llanes delves into how his novel establishes the pig as a central symbol to explore, through a sober and fragmentary style, the unyielding violence and ambiguous human condition without promise of redemption.
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Ana G. Ramos: “Modern poetry is facing its own irrelevance”
Ana G. Ramos talks to us about the agony of modern poetry: an irremediable glitch in the matrix of human irrelevance.
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Citario Proust
On the anniversary of Marcel Proust’s birth, a collection of quotes that awaken lost memories.
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Javier Castro Flórez: “My consistency as a reader has shaped my need and pleasure as an editor”
Newcastle was born as an act of resistance and has become the personal project of its editor, Javier Castro Flórez, a passionate reader who seeks to share the happiness he finds in books.
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Carlos García Pandiello: “Miami was an inspiration for Juan Ramón Jiménez”
How Miami deeply inspired the poet Juan Ramón Jiménez to write fundamental works there.