{"id":12174,"date":"2021-09-12T17:17:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T16:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/?p=12174"},"modified":"2021-09-12T17:17:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T16:17:34","slug":"cuban-love-songs-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/2021\/09\/12\/cuban-love-songs-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Love Songs Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In a rousing introductory speech, retired diplomat Philip McDonagh described the publication of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/literature\/purchase-cuban-love-songs\/\">Cuban Love Songs<\/a><\/span> as a \u2018significant moment for the Irish province of the Republic Letters.\u2019 He spoke of the \u2018importance of the Republic Letters for us all\u2019, that space where we \u2018can explore intelligently and in a disinterested way both the world and our place in the world.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Edited by Ronan Sheehan under the imprint of Cassandra Voices, Cuban Love Songs is a selection of Cuban poems translated and interpreted by Irish writers.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EWfTuCqJmW\">https:\/\/t.co\/EWfTuCqJmW<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CubanLoveSongs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CubanLoveSongs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/poetrybook?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#poetrybook<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/broadsheet_ie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@broadsheet_ie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Andrea_Rey48?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Andrea_Rey48<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/connolly16frank?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@connolly16frank<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlsaCarter1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IlsaCarter1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NMcDevitt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NMcDevitt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CassandraVoices (@VoicesCassandra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoicesCassandra\/status\/1332007186696974337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>McDonagh also spoke about his concerns over the blockade against Cuba.\u00a0\u00a0He argued that there had never been a level playing field to allow the Cuban economy to prove itself and looked forward to a better dialogue between Washington and Havana.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on a challenging period in international relations, McDonagh wondered:<\/p>\n<p><em>are we prepared to wait for the gifts of the muses, on political truths that do not depend on what Shelley called the calculating faculty? 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