"I’ve always been very interested in the short story. Compared to the often exhausting world of the novel, the short story offers a quicker reward, and there’s something appealing about its greater spontaneity…"
— Reinaldo Arenas

January 1, 1970

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20th-century poets from the United StatesGay novelistsPoets from CubaNovelists from CubaPlaywrights from Cuba
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On his preference for short stories over novels in “The Literature of Uprootedness: An Interview with Reinaldo Arenas” in The New Yorker (2013 Dec 5)