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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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