Brigade member Joel Sloman responding to Lillydahl's request to "look revolutionary"
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"Elsie Morales is emerging from the tent on the left. Joel wrote 'Cuban Journal: a Poet in the Venceremos Brigade,' which mentions Brigade 6 names in the poems. I had tried to keep a journal, but machete work soon cramped my hands to the point where I couldn't grasp something as small as a pen. I used to sleep on top of my open hands to prevent spasmodic clenching during the night. At the end of evening entertainment programs there would be a short period of silence while the audience pried our finger open for a round of applause."
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