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A Candied Pineapple for Severo Sarduy. Interview with Oneyda González and Gustavo Pérez Fernández

Exile is also that: erasing the mark of origin. Severo Sarduy Severo Sarduy’s life is a winding, complex tapestry....

“I refuse to be called an artist.” A conversation with Consuelo Castañeda

We met at the Salomon Arts Gallery in the well-known Tribeca neighborhood. In the summer of 2024,...

Literary Cuba comes to Cambridge. Interview with Vicky Unruh and Jacqueline Loss

Who can still speak of the island, who still has the privilege of gnosis intact? From that...

Laura Capote Mercadal: the “Wefts” of an “Intersectional Feminist Photographer”

It was a Colas brand camera, white, disposable, and with a single roll of film the first...

An Interview with Armando Lucas Correa, ‘New York Times’ Bestselling Author

Even for those of us who know him, the professional life of Armando Lucas Correa seems as...

Celia Cruz: The Coin, The Photo, The Photographer

When Alexis Rodríguez-Duarte and his partner and collaborator Tico Torres decided to turn a fashion magazine assignment...

The Silent Revolt: A Dialogue

Jorge Brioso and I have spent half our lives in the United States. We arrived by different...

Ireti Bookstore, the First Bookstore for Afro-descendants in Cuba. An Interview with Its Founder and Director

Whenever Katiuska Govin Zambrana—who insists on being called Kata—went to visit private or state-owned bookstores in Havana,...