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Translator’s note: On July 16, 2020, the Cuban government announced a set of economic reforms that includes the immediate rescission of the 10 percent surcharge on the US…
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October 24, 2019Multiple exposure of Alicia Alonso doing a pas de bourrée, 1944 / Photo by Kristine / Flickr The news of her death stung. After years of hearing her name, seeing her dance, knowing that she was less…
July 10, 2019Children’s choir at the 2014 La Matanza Book Fair / Photo by Mauro Rico / Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación / Flickr When good engineers or scientists emigrate, they are able to continue their w…
December 6, 2017Participants from Mexico, Chile, Guatemala, and the United States participate in a panel discussion on 'queerness' at Casa de las Américas' Casa Tomada. Mere days after Irma, one of 201…
August 26, 2016Photo by Syd Wachs/Unsplash News, Reviews, and Interviews The September issue of WLT is here! Get your print or digital copy, or read the entire issue on the website for only $1.25 a month.…
September 23, 2015Roberto Fernández Retamar in 2015,illustration by Michael Hoeweler. This started out as a book review of Roberto Fernández Retamar’s Poesía nueva reunida (Letras Cubanas and Ediciones Unión,…- January 30, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews To celebrate the start of political relations between the United States and Cuba, Restless Books has begun a new blog series asking Cuban writers what it…
- January 22, 2015A cover feature on Iranian exile lit featuring Moniro Ravanipour, Omid Fallahazad, Mohsen Emadi, and Mana Neyestani, guest-edited by Persis Karim plus Roberto Fernández Retamar’s reading rec…
- January 9, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews In an announcement before the holidays, the Anton Chekhov Foundation revealed that it is working to translate over 500 of Chekhov’s earliest works into E…
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