Elizabeth Mirabal reads from La belleza de la inutilidad
On this edition of Ex-Libirs, Elizabeth Mirabal reads exerpts from her 2020 novel La belleza de la inutilidad.
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CONVERSATIONS: The Guayo Collection
On March 21, Dr. Lillian Guerra and Martha Kapelewski presented the Smathers Libraries newest collection. The Eduardo “Guayo” Hernández collection contains documents, letters, newspaper articles, photographs, slides, correspondence, films, documentaries, and ephemera. Guayo was one of the premiere cameramen and journalists of pre-revolution Cuba. Guayo formed Noticuba, a news documentary production company that featured his documentaries in theaters.
Lisandro Pérez Reads from The House on G Street: A Cuban Story
Lisandro Pérez, professor in the Department of Latin American and Latinx Studies at John Jay College CUNY, reads selected passages from his book The House on G Street: A Cuban Family Saga.
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Conversations: The Andrew St. George Collection Inauguration- Witness to Revolution: Cuba & the Photography of Andrew St. George
Gifted by Andrew Szentgyorgyi and his family, the Andrew St. George Collection contains over 8,000 photographs, negatives, slides, contact sheets as well as manuscripts and documents. The culmination of decades of family stewardship and years of archival and digitization work, the Andrew St. George Collection is an invaluable resource of materials.
Roberto González Echevarría reads from “Memorias del archivo” and “Cuban Fiestas”
Luminary scholar and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Hispanic and Comparative Literature at Yale University Roberto González Echevarría reads excerpts from two of his works, Memorias del archivo: una vida (in Spanish) and Cuban Fiestas (in English), diving into deeply personal stories and histories of the Cuban-born author.
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Michael Bustamante Reads Chapter Six his Book, “Cuban Memory Wars”
Professor Michael Bustamante, Bacardí Chair of Cuban Studies at the University of Miami, reads from his pathbreaking book on the politics, violence, and culture wars that marked the emergence of Cuba’s exile and island identities, “Cuban Memory Wars.”
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First Book Reading of Patriots & Traitors in Revolutionary Cuba, 1961-1981
Historian Lillian Guerra reads from her newest book, “Patriots and Traitors in Revolutionary Cuba, 1961-1981”, published in 2023 by the University of Pittsburgh Press.
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The Interview with Judith C. Russell, Dean of University Libraries
Judith C. Russell, Dean of University Libraries at UF, discusses the vast digital collection, “Celebrating Cuba”.
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