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 the ways that the normalization of political ties between Cuba and the U.S. has affected lives...
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 is both moving and profound. Part prose-poem, part tango dance, part intertextual game, "Volver" asks us to...
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 surprise to discover the photographs of Geandy Pavón. There is...
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 of friendship as we embarked on this project of literary/artistic bridges to and from Cuba. We are so...
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 an emotional triangle between her mother and her cousin Pepe, who...
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” and “from” Cuba. This month we are thrilled to feature a beautiful and moving piece by Dazra Novak who writes from...
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 back to her childhood home in Las Canas, Pinar del Río, Cuba—not only through her gorgeous language, but...
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 himself some very important questions: Can we ever go back home? Is home nothing more...
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 and look forward to hearing from you. This month we are delighted to have Rosa Lowinger blog for us; she is a renowned...
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 post this month. Instead, here are a couple of poems we hope you’ll have time to read and...
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