Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

An in-depth analysis by Argentinian literary critic and author Susana Cella regarding the two founding figures of Latin American modernism, a literary movement very closely identified to an autochthonous Hispanic American identity. Both poets, José Martí (Cuba, 1853-1895) and Rubén Darío (Nicaragua, 1867-1916) are tied to the renovation and change that consolidated an autonomous Hispanic […]

Francisco Soto‘s collage series, Los Orishas, offers a visual representation of survival and resistance, paying homage to Afro-Cuban traditions. Inspired by the image of the Siete Potencias Africanas (Seven African Forces) in which the names of the seven popular Orishas or Yoruba deities (Changó, Orula, Ogún, Eleguá, Obatalá, Yemayá, Ochún) appear above the images of […]

The New York City launch of The Apartment, a new novel by critically acclaimed Cuban-American writer Ana Menéndez. Examining exile, homesickness, and displacement, The Apartment asks what—in our violent and lonely century—do we owe one another? If alone we are powerless before sorrow and isolation, it is through community and the sharing of our stories […]

In The House on G Street, award-winning author Lisandro Pérez tells Cuba’s story through the lens of a single family: his own. His book relays the tales of two officers who fought against the Spanish for Cuban independence; a plantation owner who smuggles himself onto a ship; families divided by political loyalties; an orphaned boy […]