English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
Rapture. Monosyllable. Irruption. Just a magical whisper of the beginning of the universe to shatter eons of despotic discipline imposed from the discourse of power. It is the power to the State; it is the power of God. Politics does not fit in a monosyllable. Om … The crazy girl and the loquacious group Omni … Continue reading “OLPL MISS MISCELLANEOUS OF CUBA DAILY / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
Spoken Word in Havana, originally uploaded by orlandoluispardolazo The Writing Workshop of the International Poetry Festival in Havana along with Roads of Words (a group dedicated to the promotion of spoken word poetry in Cuba), invite you to a conference: Spoken Word: A New Wave of Contemporary Poetry (featuring the poet and cultural promotor: Elier … Continue reading “Spoken Word in Havana / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
There are days for separation and others for confluence. Times when it seems that the strategy of confronting us is working, but also minutes in which we manage to leap over the narrow limits within which they want to enclose us. Last night was precisely one of those moments of probing, of identification and exchange. … Continue reading “Watertight Compartments / Yoani Sánchez”
The electrifying words of Luis Eligio of Omni Zona Franca, at the end of the more than 30 km pilgrimage of the scribbler for the health of poetry in El Rincon, December 17, 2010, in Cuba and under the curious cameras of the Security agents!!! How much longer…?! December 20 2010
now the revolution is zen LUIS ELIGIO PÉREZ (OMNI ZONA FRANCA) (A streak of light in the sky) fragment: a bird flies over a flower that floats in the river of life flowing toward the darkness that explodes does the glow show you infinity, the greatest golden worlds, utopian, or blind you and make you … Continue reading “LUIS ELIGIO WITHOUT ZENSORSHIP IN VOICES 2 / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
PHOTOS: Orlando (Pardo) poster: Rolando (Pulido) CAN YOU HEAR THE DRUMS, FERNANDO? Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo This year, 2010, a lot of things will be defined in quasi-cultural Cuba. The fate of certain private art exhibition spaces, for example. The fate of certain digital publications cornered between permits and panics, for example. The fate of … Continue reading “THE RED RAGE RELOADED / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
EL HIP HOP DEL 2010 EN ALAMAR…!, originally uploaded by orlandoluispardolazo. This Thursday, September 2, 2010, at 3:00 in the afternoon, irremediably or enviably, the Alamar Siberia will return to the site where OMNI ZONA FRANCA plus 26 Cuban rappers will throw themselves in an independent way on the only theme that UNITES EVERYONE which … Continue reading “HIP HOP 2010 in ALAMAR…! / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
A MAGAZINE OF CEMENT PAPER Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo (more photos later in BORING HOME UTOPICS) A free magazine can be invented over the dusty cartridge of an empty cement sack, opened. In fact, freedom can be just that: a recycled powder, a remnant, with the rhetoric of its aired texts, without more design than … Continue reading “P350 AND LET’S GO…! / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
Agencies, via 14ymedio, Havana, November 7, 2019 — Martha Beatríz Ferrer Cantillo and Ana Belkis Ferrer García, the sister and daughter of the leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (Unpacu), José Daniel Ferrer, have sent a letter in which they demand from Miguel Díaz-Canel, and his predecessor in the position, Raúl Castro, the “immediate release” of the … Continue reading “Ferrer’s Sister And Daughter Demand His Immediate Release In Letter To Diaz-Canel”
14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 13 August 2018 — The artists of the campaign against Decree 349, who tried to organize a concert on Saturday at the house of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, were freed at the stroke of midnight on Sunday. Otero Alcántara explained to 14ymedio that he and Yanelys Núñez were arrested in the … Continue reading “"They Warned Us That Cuba Can’t Turn Into Another Nicaragua," Say Detained Artists”
14ymedio, Sandra Ceballos, Havana | 14 August 2018 – Cuban artists and intellectuals have to unite. Cuban artists and intellectuals can not remain passive in the face of such ignominy and repression. In many parts of the world people have the right to disagree and demand justice, demand modifications and changes. There is also the … Continue reading “Open Letter to All the Cuban Artists and Intellectuals”
14ymedio, Havana, 27 February 2018 — The organizers of the Havana #00 Biennial, an independent event whose celebration is scheduled from May 5-15, have won the support of several artists and independent spaces on the island, according to Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, one of the promoters of the initiative, speaking to 14ymedio. Among the artists who have confirmed … Continue reading “Independent Artists and Galleries Join a Biennial Outside Official Institutions”
Luis Felipe Rojas, 3 June 2015 — Once again I am publishing, in liberty, a poetry book: “Machine for erasing humanity” (EriginalBooks, 2015). It confirms that poetry removes the restraints on my life. I don’t believe that poetry is the “Cinderella” of literary genres. Poetry is the act that leaves the public breathless, the vehicle … Continue reading “Poetry Saves Me / Luis Felipe Rojas”
HAVANA, Cuba, July 29, 2013, David Canela / www.cubanet.org.-The civic project Estado de SATS this Saturday celebrated its three years of existence with a children’s party. About 10:30 in the morning Rodiles’ house was full. At the party two clowns performed, exciting the children with games, dances, songs and puppets. Children’s music videos were also … Continue reading “Estado de SATS Celebrates Three Years / David Canela”
By Dagoberto Valdés Hernández For years I had a dream. Today it has been realized. Poland has always been part of my cultural, religious and freedom identity. Disappearing several times on the map of Europe, “semper fidelis” Poland maintained its nationality thanks to its rooted ancient culture. I learned from Poland, and its greatest son, … Continue reading “Poland, Walesa, and a Journey to Freedom / Intramuros, Dagoberto Valdes”
