Posts filed under ‘About Cuba’
On the Normalization of U.S.-Cuban Relations
Originally posted on Havana Special Period:
I woke up to an unexpected text message from a friend last Wednesday morning. She wrote: OH MY GOD, CUBA FREED ALAN GROSS. Or something like that. I knew right away that this piece of news would turn into an avalanche. And a look at the New York Times…
Continue Reading December 28, 2014 at 4:59 pm Leave a comment
Cuba Bookshelf
I’ve just finished teaching “Cuba: A Literary Adventure,” in Havana, for the first time. Here are some of the titles I used in class, along with a lot more, for my students who would like to read more about Cuba, as well as for anyone else who has an interest in learning about this most fascinating and wonderful place.
Continue Reading February 14, 2012 at 2:15 am Leave a comment
Lessons Learned in Cuba
“You’ll love it and it will break your heart,” one of my clients said to me a few days before I left on my first trip to Havana. He was so right!
Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road 