Making Queer History

This month Will and Laura discuss the writer Reinaldo Arena's, a queer man who lived in Cuba during the rise of Castro. They then discuss being creative in difficult times, swearing, and why Castro truly sucks.    The queer recommendation this month is the novel Kindness For Weakness which you can find here: https://fortisbook.ca/products/9780385743242-0385743246-kindness-for-weakness?variant=15387653963849&utm_campaign=gs-2018-11-20&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign   [Disclaimer: some of the sources may contain triggering material] McDowell, E.  (1990, December 9.) The New York Times. Reinaldo Arenas, 47, Writer Who Fled Cuba, Dies. Retrieved December 4 2016 fromhttp://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/09/obituaries/reinaldo-arenas-47-writer-who-fled-cuba-dies.html Slater, A. (2013, December 5.) The New Yorker. The Literature of Uprootedness: An Interview With Reinaldo Arenas. Retrieved December 4 2016 fromhttp://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-literature-of-uprootedness-an-inter