Reposted from People’s Dispatch
Cuabn poet Nancy Morejón talks about how the revolution in Cuba paved the way for cultural emancipation as well as why the voices in support for Palestine must be louder.
Cuban poet Nancy Morejón discusses the triumph of the revolution, the US blockade against Cuba, and the genocide in Gaza, and shares some of her revolutionary poetry, translated into English
Nancy Morejón (b. 1944, Havana) is a beloved elder poet, essayist, journalist, and translator. The first Afro-Cuban allowed to seek a degree in Cuba, she quickly rose to national prominence as Poet Laureate, president of the Writers’ Union, member of the Academia Cubana de la Lengua, and senior adviser for Casa de las Américas and Teatro Nacional de Cuba.