Blogs have put public intellectuals in a true crisis. The immense ease provided today by these online dailies for publishing texts of dubious worth —with the opinions of anyone on any issue— have cast doubt on the public intellectual’s place in the culture of the not-so-distant future.
Read More“I don’t want dogs in here,” the grandmother snarled. All that could then be heard were the old woman’s screams and an excuse for Chanel, who had already given the puppy a good spanking with her house shoe.
Read MoreWhen I was a little boy my mom spoke to me of Ray Bradbury. We lived in the Soviet Union, and Bradbury was one of the most popular US authors back then. I remember how I searched in that dark Muscovite library for Fahrenheit 451º.
Read MoreNothing reminds me more of the army than Cuban schools. They are institutions for the perpetuation of the dominant ideology.
Read MoreA stewardess friend of mine told me about what happened when the airplane she was on from London made a stopover in Holguin (in eastern Cuba) before continuing on to Havana.
Read MoreIt’s no secret that listening to trumpet player Yassek Manzano means enjoying an indescribable pleasure. It’s not only difficult to translate into words what you feel when such good jazz penetrates you, but also the sensation of well-being that floods your mind and body.
Read MoreWe arranged a table and four chairs outside, sat down and distributed the “bones.” As we began, one player shouted, “You’re not going to win with what you got. Here you go!” slamming down his first domino in the middle of the table. “I think I’d better go look for a bottle of rum to give things a little ambiance,” he then added.
Read MoreI sat there thinking to myself: Young people have always been the same, with their virtues and defects, with passion and the ideals necessary to make societies advance, with their malleability that makes them conducive to change, and their inexperience that allows them to make understandable mistakes.
Read MoreWithin a society whose changes generate nostalgia for the past, there also exists discouragement among those who don’t see this as an act that will return our balance.
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