Infinite Banquet By Alberto Pedro Torriente Translated from Spanish by Linda S. Howe The author and context Cuba’s Special Period(1990-2000) encompasses the economic crisis caused by the abrupt disappearance of the Soviet Union and its subsidies. The Castro government was overwhelmed, triggering Cubans’ fear for their literal survival. Artists and writers zeroed in on the…
By Virgilio Piñera Translated from Cuban Spanish by Linda S. Howe Volumne 9, Issue 3 (Spring 2023) The author and context. Virgilio Piñera published the text of his play Los Siervos [The Serfs], a caustic attack on Stalinism and totalitarianism, in the Havana journal Ciclón in November 1955. He embraced the bleak irony of Adamov,…
By Antón Arrufat
Translated by Amanda T. Perry
Citizens, the time has come
for him to speak who watches over the homeland
without yielding his eyes to soft sleep
without listening to enemy voices
or surrendering to the memory of his own blood.
By Gerardo Fulleda León
Translated by David Lisenby
Good evening to you all! Today I want to tell you the tale of a boy. He was not a prince or a philosopher. But he could have been someone who passes by and then builds a tower that makes us raise our eyes in amazement.
By Abel González Melo
Translated by Yael Prizant
There’s no talc, but there’s chalk.
The Mercurian 