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Category Archives: books
World Book Night 2012: reaching out to light- and non-readers
Author: Alexis Romay Mixing Memory and Desire
On the night of Monday, April 23, 2012, I participated in World Book Night 2012, an initiative with an ambitious goal: handing out 1 million books across the United States, in one night. I did it in Penn Station, and … Continue reading →
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Judge this book by its cover
Author: Alexis Romay Mixing Memory and Desire
My book of poetry Los culpables [The Guilty] features on the cover artwork by Cuban visual artist José A. Vincench. Vincench lives in the island and, since 2005, has incorporated onto his work iconic images from the Cuban Black Spring … Continue reading →
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An unusual photo of a(n) (un)common Havana
Author: Alexis Romay Mixing Memory and Desire
My friend Santos Rodríguez visited Cuba recently. He walked the streets of Havana (the real city, not the one that appears in touristic pamphlets) with a good camera, a good eye and a happy-trigger attitude: ready to press the shutter … Continue reading →
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