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The Repeating Cuban
Sep 26, 2016
There are many different kinds of figurative “bridges” that connect us with Cuba. For some, going to Cuba means fully returning to a whole life they once lived on the[…] Read more…
Bridge Report: The Sea and the Ceiba
Sep 14, 2016
Now and then we try to offer a “bridge report” in between monthly posts, and this month we are delighted to share Ruth’s thoughtful, poetic piece in Cuba Counterpoints on[…] Read more…
Volver
Aug 24, 2016
As we near the end of the summer, we are thrilled to feature as our August blog post a stunning and evocative piece by Achy Obejas that defies description and[…] Read more…
Another Way of Seeing Cubans: The Photographs of Geandy Pavón
Jul 29, 2016
Cuba and Cubans are continually being represented in visual images and consumed through visual images. However, too many of these images have become repetitive stereotypes. It was therefore a welcome[…] Read more…
Barquitos de Papel
Jun 21, 2016
Last June around this time we had just launched our blog. We then traveled to Cuba together, as we had dreamed of doing for years, seeking to strengthen our bridge[…] Read more…
Un-slanting My Truth
May 13, 2016
We’re delighted to share this evocative piece by Caridad Moro-Gronlier, who writes lovingly about the complexities of her relationship with her mother in the context of family dynamics. Caught in[…] Read more…
This Need for Bridges
Apr 18, 2016
When we started this blog, we wanted to address how the idea of the bridge to Cuba had changed over the last twenty years, how that bridge now went “to”[…] Read more…
A Land for One Who Returns
Mar 28, 2016
In this dreamy and poetic piece Yosie Crespo beautifully evokes the themes of myth and memory that crest like a wave into the heart of the reader. She takes us[…] Read more…
The Heart, That Lonely Hunter
Feb 20, 2016
This month we are proud to showcase the incredible prose and poetry of Carlos Pintado. In this piece, he uniquely and beautifully explores various dimensions of “home,” asking us and[…] Read more…
Treasure Hunt
Jan 31, 2016
Hola Reader-Friends, As this is our first post in 2016, we want to begin by wishing all of you a very happy new year! We thank you for your support[…] Read more…
Poems on Leaving Havana
Dec 29, 2015
Dear Readers: Season’s greetings and best wishes for a loving, healthy, and meaningful 2016. With the rush of the holidays upon us all, we decided to forego a full-length blog[…] Read more…
Richard Blanco interviews Ruth Behar on the 20th anniversary edition of Bridges to Cuba/Puentes a Cuba
Nov 17, 2015
Hola Reader-Friends: Twenty years ago, Ruth Behar (my friend, colleague, mentor, and co-creator of this blog), edited Bridges to Cuba/Puentes a Cuba, a landmark anthology that brought together Cuban voices[…] Read more…
Bridge Report: An Interview with Elier Alvarez of Caminos de Palabras
Nov 1, 2015
Elier Alvarez, Executive Director of Caminos de Palabras, a growing organization in Havana dedicated to supporting spoken word poetry in Cuba, graciously agreed to an interview with us by email.[…] Read more…
Manifesto of a Cuban Heart
Oct 19, 2015
by Liz Balmaseda It was a conclusion as safe as it was seemingly final: My Cuba is buried in Miami. I decided this on the day a cemetery worker locked[…] Read more…
Ruth Behar interviews Richard Blanco: On the experience of presenting Matters of the Sea/Cosas del mar at the Reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba
Oct 8, 2015
Dear Friends, For this post, we wanted to share a conversation we had about the reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba. At the ceremony, Richard read a poem that[…] Read more…
The House Between the Sky and the Sea
Aug 28, 2015
Dear friends, This month we are delighted to feature Chilean-American poet and writer Marjorie Agosín on our blog. The blog is primarily a platform for Cuban voices, but now and[…] Read more…
Cuban Pictures and Political Love
Jul 27, 2015
“What is it then between us?” Walt Whitman, Crossing Brooklyn Ferry It’s a strange picture, torn at one corner, stained, damaged by time. I have been looking at it for[…] Read more…
A Thank You and A Little Chronicle of Our Trip to Cuba
Jun 29, 2015
Dear Friends of Bridges to/from Cuba: First of all, we want to thank all of you who contacted us about your enthusiasm for our project. We were moved that several[…] Read more…
Island to Island
Jun 6, 2015
In the spirit of all we hope this blog means and represents, we have bridged together two of our poems into one. A symbolic gesture of the bridge of our[…] Read more…
