Leaving to one side familiar landscapes and the immediate reference points of the city, you can hear the rumor of something sordid, but sordidness is not always rough, just precarious, a space without options, predetermined, where fatalism hangs over the characters like a dead weight.
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Israel Centeno dissects “nueva trova” music and analyzes its purposeful construction to infuse the Cuban revolution with a soundtrack all its own.
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In true Centeno style, Israel takes us on a journey and recalls the influence and impact of the Cuban musician Silvio Rodríguez on his youth.
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City of Asylum’s writer-in-residence, Israel Centeno, on new foreign investment deals made with Venezuela and how shortsightedness may lead to indebtedness.
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Israel explores the way in which mankind has assigned moral judgements and the importance of turning inward to question the status quo and evil itself.
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Sampsonia Way Magazine’s columnist Israel Centeno expounds on the danger of romanticizing and revising the recent past of Venezuela and beyond.
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Israel Centeno, writer-in-residence with City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, recalls the “soundtracks” of his youth in Caracas and the power of music in evoking memories.
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