‘Here in this Spring’: Introduction
Foreword to ‘Aquí en esta primavera (Antología de juventud)’ by Dylan Thomas (Casa Vacía Publishing House, 2025).
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The Paradox of Emperor Wen
True political stability does not arise from the ambition to rise, but from the deep understanding that the ruler acquires by descending into the reality of the people.
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Castles of Shadows
Joel Núñez’s refined abstraction in ‘Codified Reality’ contrasts with his tormented and grotesque expressionist period.
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On the Art of Not Narrating (Miniature IX)
Criticism of Cuban linear narrative pedagogy, which ignores the avant-garde “art of not narrating” of Beckett, Borges, and Piñera.
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The Chibás and Cuba
Tribute to Raúl Chibás, who links his heroic lineage with the tragic failed continuity of Cuban independence.
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Portrait of Baudelaire
A tragic and visionary dandy, Baudelaire transformed the misery and splendor of Paris into poetry where the abyss becomes beauty.
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From S.B.’s Theater to Pizarnik’s Hell (Miniature V)
An exploration of Beckett’s influence on Alejandra Pizarnik.
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A Brief Stroll (with RB) Along the Edges of Language
Irony in Barthes, that method of destabilizing the certainties of language, criticism, and discourse.
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Ontological Relics
Lisyanet Rodríguez’s work transforms memory and pain into an ontological exploration of humanity, where painting is a form of resistance against forgetting.