WILPF Fresno Library Committee

Now that I am revealing my adolescent poetry-loving past, let’s talk about PABLO NERUDA. July 12 is the day of his birth. The date of his death was September 23, 1973, which is 12 days after the Pinochet coup in Chile. This brilliant communist writer (and diplomat), whose “Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada” was a landmark of so many people’s youth, was killed, poisoned by Pinochet’s goons, probably with botulinus toxin.

Here are the closing lines from Neruda’s “Los enemigos”
Para los que defendieron este crimen,
pido castigo.
No quiero que me den la mano
empapada con nuestra sangre.
Pido castigo.
No los quiero de embajadores,
tampoco en su casa tranquilos,
los quiero ver aquí juzgados
en esta plaza, en este sitio.
Quiero castigo.

Here's the article you are not supposed to see. Harvard and Columbia showing overt and open censorship; US fascism showing its whole ass.

May-2024-1-Eghbariah.pdf

¡Nancy Morejón! Great poet, great person. "La 30 Festival Internacional Poesía de la Habana cuenta con la Presidencia de Honor de Nancy Morejón, Premio Nacional de Literatura." Currently the 30th International Poetry Festival of Havana is taking place, with Nancy Morejón as the Honorary President. Cuba is women of the African Diaspora leading the way; Cuba is culture, and so much more.