Par Kumaraswami is Lecturer in Latin American Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester|Antoni Kapcia is Professor of Latin American History at the University of Nottingham

• AcknowledgmentsGlossary of acronyms and abbreviationsGlossary of Spanish words and phrases with particular Cuban usageIntroduction1. Locating literary culture in the trajectory of the Revolution2. Understanding literary culture in the Revolution3. 1959-61: the first flush of revolution4. 1961-89: the years of radicalisation and consolidation5. 1990s-2000s: the years of crisis and reassessment6. The path to becoming a writer in contemporary Cuba: The role of the Centro de Formación Literaria Onelio Jorge Cardoso and the movement of talleres literarios by Meesha Nehr7. The history of a novel: Alberto Ajón León’s ¿Qué bolá? (What’s Up?)8. The Feria Internacional del Libro de La HabanaConclusionList of intervieweesBibliography

Par Kumaraswami is Lecturer in Latin American Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester|Antoni Kapcia is Professor of Latin American History at the University of Nottingham

• AcknowledgmentsGlossary of acronyms and abbreviationsGlossary of Spanish words and phrases with particular Cuban usageIntroduction1. Locating literary culture in the trajectory of the Revolution2. Understanding literary culture in the Revolution3. 1959-61: the first flush of revolution4. 1961-89: the years of radicalisation and consolidation5. 1990s-2000s: the years of crisis and reassessment6. The path to becoming a writer in contemporary Cuba: The role of the Centro de Formación Literaria Onelio Jorge Cardoso and the movement of talleres literarios by Meesha Nehr7. The history of a novel: Alberto Ajón León’s ¿Qué bolá? (What’s Up?)8. The Feria Internacional del Libro de La HabanaConclusionList of intervieweesBibliography

Par Kumaraswami is Lecturer in Latin American Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester|Antoni Kapcia is Professor of Latin American History at the University of Nottingham

• AcknowledgmentsGlossary of acronyms and abbreviationsGlossary of Spanish words and phrases with particular Cuban usageIntroduction1. Locating literary culture in the trajectory of the Revolution2. Understanding literary culture in the Revolution3. 1959-61: the first flush of revolution4. 1961-89: the years of radicalisation and consolidation5. 1990s-2000s: the years of crisis and reassessment6. The path to becoming a writer in contemporary Cuba: The role of the Centro de Formación Literaria Onelio Jorge Cardoso and the movement of talleres literarios by Meesha Nehr7. The history of a novel: Alberto Ajón León’s ¿Qué bolá? (What’s Up?)8. The Feria Internacional del Libro de La HabanaConclusionList of intervieweesBibliography