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A Way Forward
Feb 1, 2022
Wishing everyone a belated but heartfelt happy new year! To start our blog posts for 2022, we are glad to feature an important and moving essay by Ana Hebra Flaster,[…] Read more…
Beyond Cold War Rhetoric: Rethinking Cuba Today
Aug 11, 2021
It’s been a month since the protests in Cuba on July 11 and Cubans on the island and in the diaspora are still discussing what it all means and how[…] Read more…
The Beautiful Disappearing
Jun 27, 2021
Truly, there’s no one doing the kind of epic photographic reportage that Lisette Poole has been doing for the last few years, bringing to the world’s attention the look and[…] Read more…
Once Upon a Time in Costa Rica
Dec 15, 2020
Many Cubans, like Susannah Rodriguez Drissi and her family, didn’t come directly to the US; instead, they were immigrants first in a “third country,” “un tercer país.” In this evocative[…] Read more…
A Letter to Our Readers
Aug 5, 2020
Five years ago, when we started this blog, we felt an urgent need to create a space for conversations about the bridges to and from Cuba that were unfolding at[…] Read more…
The Truth in Bronze
Aug 4, 2020
Hola Reader-Friends, Our blog until now has featured the visions and voices of Cubans of many different backgrounds who hold a variety of perspectives on the island, the diaspora, and[…] Read more…
Cubana-Irlandesa: Inhabiting a Centre that Cannot be Occupied
Jun 18, 2020
After a brief hiatus due to the many changes between Cuba and US relations, we are reigniting our blog to offer new reflections and keep building bridges to/from Cuba (please[…] Read more…
Trance and Tránsito: Chucho Valdés and Gonzalo Rubalcaba
May 9, 2018
After a few months’ hiatus, we are glad to feature a different kind of piece on our blog: Alan West-Durán’s passionate and informative essay about musical bridges between Cuba, the[…] Read more…
All of the Secrets
Jan 31, 2018
To start off our blog posts for 2018, we are delighted to feature a moving essay by Liliana Ashman about how her bridge to Cuba has taken form over the[…] Read more…
José Martí and Autumn Leaves
Dec 4, 2017
We associate José Martí with the palm trees of Cuba, but in fact he spent many years of his life in New York getting to know the maple and the[…] Read more…
Last Rites
Oct 4, 2017
Going to Cuba to pay a visit to the dead who rest in cemeteries on the island has become a common ritual among Cuban Americans. In the essay “Last Rites,”[…] Read more…
From Cuba-Rican to Cuban American
Aug 7, 2017
As summer starts to fade away, we are delighted to feature an essay on our blog by the distinguished scholar Jorge Duany, who writes eloquently about the shift in his[…] Read more…
Nana Cooks
Jun 12, 2017
On our blog this month of June, we thought we’d offer something a little different and share with you a video created by Gabriel Frye-Behar, honoring his abuelita’s cooking. Entitled[…] Read more…
Martirio
Apr 28, 2017
For Cuban-Americans, visits to Cuba can be especially complex experiences. We’re elated by the company of family, yet feel clandestine. We feel at home, yet estranged at times. We’re natives,[…] Read more…
Can’t Hear You
Mar 27, 2017
This month we are thrilled to feature the writing of Ana Menéndez, who made her debut as a writer in 2002 with In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd, a[…] Read more…
A Busking Dog, in Training: The New Cuba
Feb 28, 2017
Observers of Cuba have noticed there’s a “new Cuba” rapidly taking form. In Havana, which is the primary destination of most American tourists, reservations are required at iconically chic restaurants[…] Read more…
Taking My Cousin’s Photo at the Statue of Liberty
Feb 1, 2017
The new year has begun with the struggle to support the rights of immigrants and refugees in the United States. At such a moment, we thought Richard’s poem to his[…] Read more…
The Atlas of My Memory
Dec 31, 2016
Born in Havana into a Sephardic Jewish family and raised in the small town of Lakeland, Florida, Elisa Albo’s story is quite unique. In this month’s piece, she looks at[…] Read more…
The Magic Realism of Memory
Dec 1, 2016
Since last month’s post we’ve witnessed the election of Donald Trump and the death of Fidel Castro. In contrast to these swaggering male figures, this month Margarita Engle shares with[…] Read more…
Amapola: una memoria cubana
Oct 21, 2016
It is truly an honor to feature Eliana Rivero’s piece as our October post as we move into autumn, a season of change. Eliana is an intellectual pioneer in the[…] Read more…
