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Commentary
We Still Need Rebellion
Young men cut down in the fire of their youth, rebels of different sorts, owners of songs cut short, Tupac…
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Literature
A Poem in Quechua, The Great Language of Cuzco
The Quechua language, although threatened, continues to live strongly in Cuzco. People often say that it claims between fifteen and…
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Treacherous Chola, a Poem by Luís Nieto Miranda
Luís Nieto MIranda's poem "La Chola Bandida" in translation.
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Sonata by Cuzco’s Luís Nieto Miranda
A poet of lyric power, Cuzco's celebrated poet José Luís Nieto Miranda writes from the life of Cuzco's working class,…
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Nieto’s “Romance of Song and Sorrow”
The master of Cuzco's verse, Luís (El Cholo) Nieto Miranda, writes of the ways love can exalt and leave one…
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Commentary
Nieto’s “The Romance of the Charangos”
A knife fight between young men who hope to attract the attention of an attractive young woman is at the…
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Nieto’s Romance of Domitila in Translation
A translation to English of Luís Nieto Miranda's Romance de Domitila
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Customs
Mothers Day in Cuzco
It is May and it is the month of the Mother, even if events focus only on one day. Considered…
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Guitar by Luis Nieto Miranda
Guitar, my guitar, moan that breaks the soul; robed in pain you are like a pale dove.
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Ochre Walls
Poet Shawn Dallas Stradley returns to publish another poem in Cuzco Eats about his adventures in Peruvian restaurants in the…
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