English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
“I prefer a million critical voices before the silence of the dictatorships.” Dilma Rousseff Choosing the time for a presidential visit can be an exceedingly thankless task in this so unpredictable and changeable world. When the date of the visit of a head of state is placed on the agenda, announced, and reconciled with the … Continue reading “Dilma’s Agenda / Yoani Sánchez”
Translator’s note: We recently asked the bloggers to describe what it means to them to be translated into different languages. Their responses are being published on the Roots of Hope blog, and here. You, the reader, can join this effort by clicking HERE to TRANSLATE. By Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo The word of independent Cuban … Continue reading “What Being Translated Means to Me / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
HOWLABANA (Allen Ginsberg howls back in La Habana) Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo [Performed in La Madriguera (Finca de Los Molinos), at 9 PM in Friday 18 September 2009, as a part of the poetry reading of Mundo Beatnik/Hippie.] I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through … Continue reading “UNLIMITED READINGS / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”