Hunger, Body, and Desire
Notes on ‘El hombre, la hembra y el hambre’, by Daína Chaviano.
Book Reviews
Cuban Literature
Book Reviews
The Construction of the Intellectual Myth
Notes on ‘José Lezama Lima: Una biografía. Años de formación (1910–1939)’
Inquisitions
“I was a mercenary and didn’t know it.” An interview with Carlos Esquivel
Inquiries with the Cuban poet and novelist Carlos Esquivel.
Book Reviews
‘El año del cordero’, a novel by Xavier Carbonell
An author discovers a nonexistent novel that he himself wrote.
Bookspel
A Literary Dictionary for Customs Officers (Without Rousseau)
Cuban literature is reduced to a farcical digital customs procedure.
Inquisitions
‘Exile is Autism.’ Conversation with Carlos A. Aguilera
A reflection on Cuban exile as autism, literary resistance through the dismantling and fragmentation of a diasporic literature without a centre or possible union.
Book Reviews
Cuba and Spain, between Love, War, and Oblivion
Cuban and Cuban-Spanish literature has narrated the wars of independence with gaps and reinterpretations, while Uva de Aragón offers an intimate view that weaves together love, memory, and history.
Book Reviews
‘El ruido de los libros’: Writing and Scars
A book by Luis Felipe Rojas that intertwines memory, resistance, and literature, from his youth in Cuba to his exile, marked by scars and a passion for books.