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An Island in Limbo: Three books

Three voices from an island that has disappeared from the collective imagination, or perhaps it only survives in that imagination.

Ferrara turned power into archive, and biography into a reckoning with History.

I always thought Rushdie would not survive, but the one who issued the fatwa ended up dying first.

Notes on ‘El hombre, la hembra y el hambre’, by Daína Chaviano.

María Zambrano and her poetic reason, exile, fragmentary style, and luminous bond with Cuba.

Cuban literature persists wherever the book still finds readers, catalogues, risks, and editorial hospitality.

Analysis of Mark Lilla’s reactionary thought and its relevance to the ongoing Cuban crisis.

Dismantling of a heritage library in Havana.

Jorge Mañach’s intellectual relevance in the face of the Cuban nation’s crisis and official ostracism.

January 5, 2026 / Los Bookish

Havana cited as a fragmented city: violence, ruin, desire, memory, politics, verbal survival.