Category Archives: Cubanabooks publications

Help us bring Cuban women’s voices to the United States!!

Posted on August 20, 2015 by cubanabooks

Cubanabooks: Helping Women, Building Bridges Help us bring Cuban women’s voices to the United States!! DONATE NOW! When Barack Obama and Raul Castro made simultaneous pledges this January, to renew political ties between the United States and Cuba, the hopes … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Ophelias by Aida Bahr

Posted on August 15, 2015 by cubanabooks

Minerva Rising‘s Linsdey Grudnicki has this to say about Aida Bahr’s Ophelias/Ofelias: Madness comes in many forms. Ophelias, Aida Bahr’s latest story collection, tactfully touches upon many of them, exploring the mysterious forces that can bring even the strongest human … Continue reading →

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Scary Sounds at Night…

Posted on May 30, 2015 by cubanabooks

Raising the hairs on the back of your neck from Cuba Truthfully I can’t read Maria Elena Llana’s stories before bed. The offerings in An Address in Havana/ Domicilio habanero (bilingual edition) are just a bit too spooky. Now don’t … Continue reading →

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Screams of Pain and Pride

Posted on May 28, 2015 by cubanabooks

Screams of Pain and Pride: The World According to GH Georgina Herrera, or GH, as she is frequently called by her fans, is not someone that you can keep quiet. And that’s a good thing, if you ask me–and you … Continue reading →

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Contretemps in Cuba, or The Saga of the Books

Posted on May 1, 2015 by cubanabooks

Wednesday, February 11, 2015. When a plane touches down at José Martí National Airport (or to anywhere else from the island), the inevitable but always spontaneous applause and glad shouts make me wonder about their motivation. Are travelers truly that … Continue reading →

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The Frustrations and Joys of Cuba

Posted on April 21, 2015 by cubanabooks

Tuesday, 17 February 2015–Havana This morning I woke up late, almost 9 am, having shut off my alarm as soon as it sounded, because last night just after midnight a dog in the yard behind our house began to bark. Loudly and stridently. Over … Continue reading →

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The Memory of Silence makes first page news!

Posted on March 16, 2015 by cubanabooks

Uva de Aragón’s novel The Memory of Silence/Memoria del silencio, with translation by Jeffrey C. Barnett, made the front page of El Nuevo Herald on 4/14/2015–click here to read a very moving portion of the first chapter of “the first novel … Continue reading →

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Professor Barbara Riess Publishes Translation of Short Stories by Cuban Author María Elena Llana

Posted on March 10, 2015 by cubanabooks

Feb. 25, 2015 – Cubanabooks has published a translation by Barbara Riess of an anthology of María Elena Llana’s short stories, An Address in Havana/ Domicilio habanero. Riess, who is chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages … Continue reading →

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Elogio de la Casa

Posted on March 10, 2015 by cubanabooks

An Address in Havana/Domicilio habanero. Eso es el libro donde se han confulado el arte de narrar de María Elena LLana y el arte de traducir de Barbara Riess. Y siento que pertenezco a ese proyecto y lo celebro. Por … Continue reading →

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On the way to the Fair…

Posted on February 12, 2015 by cubanabooks

Here I sit in the Miami International Airport, at 12:30 pm, waiting for the flight that is scheduled to leave at 1pm. No, they haven’t started boarding yet. Tomorrow (ojalá) I’ll be at the International Book Fair in La Habana, … Continue reading →