Tag Archives: Arenas

Beauty and the Tyrant

Posted on November 2, 2009 by jlh

Why bother with Arenas? A comment follows this quotation. Quoting Reinaldo Arenas, Before Night Falls (1993): “At the [Cuban] National Library in 1969 Lezama [Lima] gave a reading of perhaps one of the most extraordinary essays of Cuban literature under … Continue reading →

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I scream, therefore I exist.

Posted on November 2, 2009 by jlh

Quotations from: Reinaldo Arenas, Before Night Falls, published 1993. Seriously ill with AIDS, unable to write, the author suicided in 1990. Another quotation follows in the next post. “Beauty has always been dangerous. Martí said that everyone who is the … Continue reading →

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In Spirit and Truth

Posted on October 29, 2009 by jlh

I always get into what I’m reading. I’ve been wanting some biography, and happened on Before Night Falls through a book list. It’s a memoir of Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet, freedom fighter and gay activist. Not the kind of book you’d … Continue reading →

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