While Cuba Waits : Art From the Nineties

by Kevin Power (Editor)

Framed by the "Periodo Especial"—the period of economic and political upheaval that has followed the failure of perestroika—the work of artists living in Cuba in the nineties emerges from the unique ambiguity, complexity, energy, and desperation that characterize daily life in Cuba. While Cuba Waits explores the ethics, cynicism, and ideologies of these young artists in the context of their political, social, and economic environments. Includes painting, sculpture, and installation work by Pedro Álvarez, Saidel Brito, Carmen Cabrera, Sandra Ceballos, Henry Erik Hernández, Luis Gómez, Yalili Mora, René Peña, Douglas Perez, Ezequiel Suárez, and José Vincench. Edited by Kevin Power and Pilar Perez, with essays by Lupe Álvarez, Dannys Montes de Oca Moreda, and Kevin Power.

132 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1999

About the author

Author of Bad Day in Blackrock (Lilliput Press, 2008; Pocket Books, 2010), filmed as What Richard Did (Element Films, 2012). PhD in American Literature. Lectures in English & Creative Writing in the School of English, Dublin City University. Winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2009 and the Hennessy XO Award for Emerging Fiction 2008. Writes regularly for The Sunday Business Post and Literary Review. Has also written for The Dublin Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Millions, The Dublin Review of Books, The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, The Sunday Times, Strange Horizons, UCD Scholarcast, The Mailer Review, Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, Emerging Perspectives, The Stinging Fly. Short fiction has appeared in Banshee, on RTE Radio 1, in Reading the Future (Arlen House 2017), in The Stinging Fly, The Sunday Business Post, The Hennessy Book of Irish Writing 2005-2015 (New Island 2015), New Irish Short Stories (Faber 2011), These Are Our Lives (Stinging Fly Press 2006), Guts, Circle & Square (Fiery Arrow 2015). New novel on the way. Tweets @KevPow3.