Picasso in Lezama’s Eye

Pablo Picasso, an awkward totem of the 20th century avant-garde, died in Mougins on April 8, 1973. A formal militant of the French Communist Party, until that day, his reception...

About the Exhibition ‘La fiesta vigilada,’ by Cuban artist Leandro Feal

I open, for the umpteenth time, La fiesta vigilada in one of my favorite sections of the book by Antonio José Ponte,...

Cirenaica Moreira: “Your Life Cannot Always Be a Broken...

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Communism Looks Like This

The physical decadence of Havana as a reflection, or even as the inevitable face, of the moral...

A Nightmare on Trocadero Street

We are gathered here tonight to celebrate the publication of a book of translations by James Irby...
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