Notes

Director of Union Magazine
Member of Cubans Writers Association

"I remember I was very little, I was a child, I concentrated at looking at things, ants, walking down and up" Spent time, hours just watching ants walk. It was a concentration exercise, if you're in front of a white page you need to have ultimate concentration.

Concentration is a great thing, its an experience, it's impossible to write (words ugly or beautiful down on the paper just what she was feeling) deals with inspiration. many writers nowadays do not believe in inspiration,

Ernest Hemingway "I enjoy inspiration when it comes while I am writing", I use my experiences and inspiration in tandem.

Poetry is a very weird way of writing ,it needs faith
Novels, narratives aren't facilitated the same way

Learning a new language and translating from that language is very important
Translating is one of the great experiences as a writer
I used to make my living from translating

I wouldn't dare to say there is a difference between being a woman and a writer because being a woman is a great richness. ender in our times are very special, it is a keynote.

First time she was published, it was a joy, it was a small group of writers, and they were in the hands of older writers so the first two books were a very valuable experience that helped propel her to new heights

3rd book entered into a contest. It was a very sophisticated jury, so she wanted to charm the jury (line from Mallarme?) Her mother attended the ceremony and received the award on her behalf.

How important is it for a poet to read?
-I is essential, even students should learn foreign languages. French, which is a foreign language is a confrontation. When knowing more than 1 language you can compare and contrast, to find the truth. A translator is always needed, it's an easy way of making money??? If you're your own translator but also your own writer.

Poetry is in good health...
Books are a very common way of reading in our times. It's important to note that every type of reading should count, but the sources needed more review. Reading online can be tricky because while you are reading, and gathering experience you cannot trust the sources and the information, so it is still information, but how credible it is is up for debate

"I reject, (<they are the only way> about books and knowledge), knowledge and information are friends but they are not the same things.

Drawing and Paintings are also other ways of collecting and gathering information. When my mother was sick, and there were many backouts I started to make those figures, objects (things that I had wrote) into compositions or something more

Cuba is impossible to admit a definition. Cuban IS the Caribbean. There are very special exceptions for Cuba, it's not one island. It's very difficult to define, for their bold character, their sense of resistance, and to accept that they are also a melting pot in a good sense of the term.


Periods of Silence.
"I did not publish around 12 years, but that doesn't mean I was silent. I was doing research, I was always writing, just not poems.

Everything that she could not discuss with her parents she would bring to the white paper. Ego is for you to enjoy and reflect upon. She tries to reflect her feelings and reach out to her readers, to find an equilibrium.