Author, critic, Willa Cather Professor of English. 🦋 joy-castro.bsky.social
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“A stunning work of the imagination—a brilliant evocation of the way war, exile, and freedom defined the Cuban nation from the start, and how the wounds of the early republic haunt us still.…A spectacular achievement.”
—Ana Menéndez bookshop.org/p/books/one-bri…
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i’m obsessed with this hospital in barcelona because whoever built it understood that beauty is a form of medicine that can uplift the human spirit and support healing
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The Trump admin's Cuba policy remains trapped in the past.
More sanctions, more isolation, more suffering—but no serious plan to empower the Cuban people or prevent state collapse in our own hemisphere.
Lift the oil blockade. Reverse 6 decades of failed policy.
The US sanctioned Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and members of his family, ratcheting up pressure on the communist government even further. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Jun 8
The expansion of US sanctions against Cuba is hurting ordinary people and endangering lives. It is unacceptable that children are dying for lack of essential medical supplies. These sanctions must be lifted immediately.
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They say Cuban Americans want a war on Cuba. In their own words, Cuban Americans across the country are saying no to sanctions and war and yes to engagement. #NoWarOnCuba #LetCubaLive
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30 Sep 2023
“The unlived life is not a quiescent beast. The unlived life is a little animal in a great rage, barely permitting of survival. And sometimes not even that.”
—Vivian Gornick, ‘The End of the Novel of Love’
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People don’t quit jobs. They quit leaders who took them for granted.
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Onehuti, Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand. Only humans on the beach.
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Jun 6
Next weekend, I’ll be in my US hometown—the aptly named West New York, NJ—to talk about my book. A very special honor.
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Jun 7
I spoke with @BBCWorld about Marjane Satrapi’s life and legacy on Thursday.
“She died of sadness, but she lived joyously. She had this sense of humor which made everything that is politically self-righteous so petty…she opened a different door to Iran and art.”
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Dawn at the Kimi Ora Eco Resort in Kaiteriteri, Abel Tasman, New Zealand
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7 Jan 2018
The world is not divided into countries... You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. Marjane Satrapi
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My reading for the trip, thanks to our kind hosts the other evening
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Remembering the brilliant Marjane Satrapi, the extraordinary artist and filmmaker behind Persepolis.
Through this deeply personal and powerful film, she gave audiences a story of identity, freedom, exile and resistance that continues to resonate across the world.
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“What Satrapi understood that most political artists do not: that intimacy is more subversive than the manifesto.”
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Hoy 4 de junio de 2026, nos dejó Marjane Satrapi. Tenía 56 años. Su familia dijo que murió de tristeza, catorce meses después de que muriera el amor de su vida.
Hay muertes que tienen una lógica brutal que no necesita diagnóstico médico.
Nació en Rasht, Irán, el 22 de noviembre de 1969. Creció en Teherán en una familia de intelectuales de izquierdas. Su madre le dijo algo que aparece en Persépolis y que ella nunca olvidó:
"En tu vida conocerás muchos tontos. Si te hacen daño, recuerda que es porque son estúpidos. No respondas a su crueldad. No hay nada peor que la amargura y la venganza. Muestra tu dignidad y tu integridad."
Su madre tenía razón. Y Satrapi pasó toda su vida demostrándolo.
Sus padres la mandaron a Viena a los catorce años. Sola. Para que sobreviviera. Años después, instalada en París, tomó un lápiz y dibujó en blanco y negro lo que había vivido. Sin colores. Sin adornos. Con una línea directa que contaba la infancia de una niña iraní mientras el mundo que conocía desaparecía a su alrededor.
Lo llamó Persépolis. Se publicó en el año 2000. Se tradujo a más de cuarenta idiomas. La película de animación que codirigió con Vincent Paronnaud ganó el Premio del Jurado en Cannes en 2007. En algunos estados de Estados Unidos intentaron prohibirlo en las escuelas, lo que garantizó que miles de adolescentes lo leyeran con más atención de lo habitual.
Lo que Satrapi entendió que la mayoría de los artistas políticos no entienden: que la intimidad es más subversiva que el manifiesto. Que una niña mirando al lector con el velo puesto y cara de no estar de acuerdo llega más lejos que cualquier discurso.
En 2022, cuando el régimen iraní asesinó a Mahsa Amini, coordinó Femme, Vie, Liberté, un libro colectivo de diecisiete historietistas de todo el mundo. Publicó la versión en persa de forma gratuita en internet para que llegara a Irán.
En 2024 recibió el Premio Princesa de Asturias. Ese mismo año fue elegida miembro de la Academia de Bellas Artes de Francia.
En abril de 2025 murió su marido. En junio de 2026 murió ella.
Persépolis sigue en las librerías. El régimen que dibujó sigue en pie. Y las mujeres iraníes siguen en la calle.
Ella les dio un lenguaje.
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Breaking: Marjane Satrapi, Iranian French director of ‘Persepolis’, dies aged 56 screendaily.com/news/marjane…
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Marjane Satrapi, the acclaimed Franco-Iranian artist, filmmaker, and author of the internationally celebrated graphic novel Persepolis who died at the age of 56.
Marjane Satrapi was a fearless voice for feminism, human rights, and freedom. Through her work and public engagement, she consistently advocated for women’s rights, standing in solidarity with the people of Iran and amplifying the message of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement on the global stage.
According to a statement from her family, Marjane Satrapi “died of sadness” a little more than a year after the passing of her husband, Mattias Ripa, a producer, actor, and screenwriter, who died on April 8, 2025.
Marjane Satrapi leaves behind a powerful cultural, artistic, and moral legacy. Her courage will continue to resonate far beyond her lifetime.
Narges Foundation
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#MarjanSatrapi
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May 29
whimsical people are whimsical because they’re hopeful. they’re always looking out for ways to romanticize life. even if you aren’t consciously spiritual, this is a highly spiritual trait, to have fun, to play with life and to invite joy by constantly noticing magic everywhere
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