This month Will and Laura discuss the writer Reinaldo Arena's, a queer man who lived in Cuba during the rise of Castro. They then discuss being creative in difficult times, swearing, and why Castro truly sucks. 

 

The queer recommendation this month is the novel Kindness For Weakness which you can find here: https://fortisbook.ca/products/9780385743242-0385743246-kindness-for-weakness?variant=15387653963849&utm_campaign=gs-2018-11-20&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign

 

[Disclaimer: some of the sources may contain triggering material]

McDowell, E.  (1990, December 9.) The New York Times. Reinaldo Arenas, 47, Writer Who Fled

Cuba, Dies. Retrieved December 4 2016 fromhttp://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/09/obituaries/reinaldo-arenas-47-writer-who-fled-cuba-dies.html

Slater, A. (2013, December 5.) The New Yorker. The Literature of Uprootedness: An Interview

With Reinaldo Arenas. Retrieved December 4 2016 fromhttp://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-literature-of-uprootedness-an-interview-with-reinaldo-arenas

Tatchell, P. (2001, June 8.) The Guardian. The Defiant One. Retrieved December 4 2016 from
(https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/jun/08/cuba.artsfeatures

Manrique, J. “A Sadness As Deep As The Sea”. Retriever December 4 2016 from
http://www.actupny.org/diva/CBmanrique.html

Slater, A. (2013, December 19.) The Huffington Post. On Exile and the Longing for Home: Cuban

Writer Reinaldo Arenas. Retrieved December 4 2016 fromhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-tashi-slater/on-exile-and-the-longing-_b_4451017.html

Manrique, J. (2003)  BOMB - Artists in Conversation. In Memoriam: Reinaldo Arenas.

Retrieved December 4 2016 fromhttp://bombmagazine.org/article/6392/in-memoriam-reinaldo-arenas

New World Encyclopedia. Reinaldo Arenas. Retrieved December December 4 2016 from
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Reinaldo_Arenas

Kirchick, J. (2016, November 27.) The Daily Beast. Fidel Castro’s Horrific Record on Gay Rights.

Retrieved December 4 2016 fromhttp://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/27/don-t-forget-fidel-castro-s-brutal-oppression-of-gay-people.html