Cuban poetry

"The price skyrocketed and I can't control myself": Cuban décima artist sings about oil

A heartbreaking poem to the "Protective Society of Cubans" that "is based in Florida"

"The House Stands Alone": Cuban theater director and professor envisions her departure and portrays the island's migration crisis

"Where have we ended up where everything is turned upside down?" questions the Cuban poet and researcher

Unintentional symbolism of the Cuban Institute of Books: Poetry collection "Migraciones" presented on July 11th

Cuban creator: "How is it that they try to shove a crab in your face?"

Rita Donte delivers a powerful message for Cuba: "Light the candle."

The Cuban poet Oscar Kessel has passed away

Cuban poet jokes about "the thing": "And if Donald Trump doesn’t come, I’ll go find him."

They dedicate a guajira décima to the Castro protégé in Cuba: Is Díaz-Canel a man with guidance?

"The majority people... bets on themselves": Powerful verses by Pedro Luis Ferrer in this moment of Cuba

"I don't want them to bomb my country": the poem that depicts today's Cuba

"Where are you, boys?": The poem about the abandonment of pre-university students in the countryside that has gone viral

They celebrate the birthday of Cuban poetess Isabel Mendoza, who survives in poverty

Cuban literature is in mourning following the death of poet Lina de Feria

Poetess Isabel Mendoza ends up begging in Santiago de Cuba to be able to eat

When solutions are lacking, verses abound: The new official manifesto on Cubadebate

UNEAC celebrates the poet Delfín Prats: From ostracism and censorship to "an essential figure of our literature"

Holguin poet dies after living on the streets

Cuban writer and curator Osvaldo Sánchez Crespo, a significant figure in contemporary art in Latin America, passed away in Mexico

Sandro Castro, in his delusions, evokes José Martí, and the Cubans react: "Oh Fidel, come down with your spikes!"

Cuban Woman in Tampa Goes Viral Reciting an Emotional Poem About Cuba: “I Had to Re-record the Video Because I Was Crying”

A heart-wrenching song by Holguín poets pays tribute to young lives lost in the explosion: "You are in mourning, my land."

Orlando Rossardi, prominent Cuban writer and researcher, has passed away

Cuban in Miami dedicates rap poetry for a free Cuba

Poem of a Cuban in Miami: "Now I have an old neighbor who was a cederista."

Stoning of the home of a Cuban writer and opposition figure in Holguín

Antolín el Pichón recites verses of passion to Aly Sánchez

Cuban grandfather composes a décima for Díaz-Canel: “I recommend that you pack up and leave.”

Cuban poet Manuel Díaz Martínez passes away in Spain

Honorary presidency of a poetic event withdrawn from Nancy Morejón in France

They are asking France to withdraw the honorary presidency of the poetry event from Nancy Morejón

Cuban poet and essayist Lourdes Gil passes away in the United States

Original videos of the poet Heberto Padilla's self-incrimination are being circulated

"Ateje" Awards honor Alabau, Morelli, and Moreno

About Delfín Prats

2022 National Literature Prize awarded to Cuban poet Delfín Prats

Criminals rob and steal from the home of Holguin poet Delfín Prats

Writer Ghabriel Pérez dedicates poem to the migratory exodus in Holguín: “The cross of my hillside is leaving”

Cubana dedicates a poem to the Cuban exodus: "My Space is for Sale"

The City of Alcalá Poetry Award is presented to writer Katherine Bisquet

Young Cuban wins the prestigious Loewe Poetry Prize

A heart-wrenching poem by a Cuban father goes viral: "I will return, Mom."

Alexis Díaz-Pimienta begins as a professor at a university in Spain: "Let the one who has brakes stop."

The kind of cinema I like to make

Nicolás, Guillén with Padilla and Batista before Orígenes

Cremata and Lili Rentería recreate a poem by Dulce María Loynaz

Mother of Doctor Alexander Figueredo: "Don't come back even if you're sad and my hands are older."

Literary critic Enrique Saínz de la Torriente has passed away

Havana, those who do not see it, do not love it

"Valiente," the original poem dedicated to the Cuban exodus

Cubadebate publishes a poem from a reader with the phrase "Díaz-Canel singao."

Katherine Bisquet presents her poetry collection "Depleted Uranium" in Barcelona

Editorial Ateje awarded exiled creators Zoé Valdés, Rossardi, and Montes Huidobro

Cultural Center of New York honors Cuban editor Felipe Lázaro

Misconceptions: A Bilingual Anthology of Cuban Poets from the Early 21st Century

Cuban poet Georgina Herrera passes away in Havana

Al2 El Aldeano releases "My Heaviness"

An online edition of the Poetry Without End Festival is being held in support of the 15N in Cuba

El Gordo Rivero passed away at 75, which is cinema, ties, flowers, and a kiosk in the Cuban Charade