Cuba ’62 W.H. Auden

Cuba ’62 W.H. AudenA montage of text and images by Richard Hollis and JS Tennant, featuring Juan Goytisolo, Toms Gutirrez Alea, and others. 1962. Cuba, the USSR, and the United States. A British graphic designer, a young Spanish novelist, writers, photographers and film makers. All visiting the island to record the social transformation brought on by a revolution. A country that had, months before, declared itself socialist following the Bay of Pigs invasion. Land

and a physical reality

while the major events fade into the background

to come together

these poems embrace the complexities of death

what reception will she find there

"Beryl Gilroy is an artist

with Martinique's Aimé Césaire

Doireann Ní Ghríofa and Michelle O’Sullivan

Peake’s acutely tuned poems bring eloquence and urgency to matters of profound devastation

‘Hope hurts me

These are inquisitive

The first lady of Irish letters