Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

Writer and literary critic Jorge Luis Arcos provides an overview of the origins of the seminal Cuban literary journal Orígenes (1944-1956), which Octavio Paz regarded as the “most important in our language.” The name of the journal also alludes to the group of extraordinary Cuban poets (José Lezama Lima, Gastón Baquero, Virgilio Piñera, Ángel Gaztelu, […]

The New York City launch of Los maricones van al cielo, Armando López Salamó‘s first novel. Witty and irreverent, the plot follows the adventures of a child in search of his identity, facing prejudice and intolerance along the way. The panel presentation, filmed in Miami’s iconic Books & Books bookstore, will include the author, film […]

The CCCNY commemorates the 127th anniversary of the death of José Martí with an illustrated lecture* by Martí scholar Ryan Spangler on the spirituality of Cuba’s towering figure. When José Martí died on the battlefield of Dos Ríos that fateful day in May of 1895, he left a legacy that has inspired and infiltrated almost […]

This reprise presentation resumes our series on foreign writers who have contributed to Cuba’s cultural patrimony inspired by their sojourns on the Island and/or deep friendships forged with key figures of Cuba’s literary and artistic circles. Spanish writer and philosopher María Zambrano, who regarded Cuba as her pre-natal homeland, is a pivotal figure in this […]