Cuba, rich with culture, vibrant in color and humming with rhythm. Old cars from the fifties are still dominating the roads, passed down from grandfathers to fathers to sons. The country is devoid of big business signage. Poetry is alive and well. At a reading in Camagüey, I was able to share my work and ideas with others. Che Guevara mausoleum in Santa Clara moved me to tears; and nights are for dancing to the music of salsa and son. Cohiba is sweet smelling and elegantly slim. My only problem is consuming too much rum, coffee, hot chocolate and ice cream…
Obama taking steps to normalize US relationship with Cuba and the release of the rest of the Cuban Five are exciting news. Please join me in celebrating this significant forward step in history. I will be reading ClaraCuba, a set of poems of reflections on the places that I have visited and the people who I came into contact with.
Monday December 22, 6:30pm
Pat’s Cafe.
2330 Taylor Street, SF, 94133
6:00pm poets sign in for open mike.
This is a new venue. The reading is hosted by Karen Melander-Magoon.
Evan Karp’s interview with me is now online. It’s a light piece but you can see Cuba was very much on my mind when we did the interview ten days ago. The interview includes an excerpt of ClaraCuba.
http://www.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2014/12/18/the-write-stuff-clara-hsu-on-spiking-curiosity-and-giving-light
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Photo of Che Guevara Museum in Santa Clara by Rose Lazzaroni.
