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Help us bring Cuban women’s voices to the United States!!
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
Posted in Cuba, Cuban literature, Cuban women, Cuban women poets, Cubanabooks publications, Feminism, Latin American Literature, Mujeres cubanas, Women writers
Tagged Aida Bahr, Caribbean, Cuba, Cuban literature, Cuban women, Cubanabooks, feminism, fiction, Georgina Herrera, literature, María Elena Llana, Mirta Yáñez, Nancy Morejón, novel, poetry, Sara E. Cooper, short story, translation, Uva de Aragon, women, women writers, XX century Cuba
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Book Review: Ophelias by Aida Bahr
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
Posted in Cuba, Cuban literature, Cuban women, Cuban women poets, Cubanabooks publications, Feminism, Latin American Literature, Mujeres cubanas, Women writers
Tagged Aida Bahr, Caribbean, Cuba, Cuban literature, Cuban women, Cubanabooks, dick cluster, feminism, fiction, literature, mujer cubana, Ofelias, Ophelias, short story, translation, women, women writers, XX century Cuba
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Desencuentro review
Desencuentro/Disconnect–lectura recomendada Nancy Alonso es una gran escritora cubana y lo demuestra en su libro Desencuentro (Disconnect). Este libro está compuesto de doce increíbles cuentos que dejan al lector impresionado con las metáforas y descripciones que usa la escritora . … Continue reading
“Sail Away”, by Aida Bahr
Sail Away “Sail away” is a short, compelling but realistic story about a young fourteen year-old girl, Diana, who is blinded by the desire to be loved and recognized as a woman. The story begins with Diana talking to a … Continue reading
Posted in Cuba, Cuban literature, Cuban women, Cubanabooks publications, Feminism, Latin American Literature, Mujeres cubanas
Tagged Aida Bahr, Caribbean, Cuba, Cubanabooks, feminism, fiction, literature, mujer cubana, Ofelias, Ophelias, short story, women, women writers, XX century Cuba
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Havana is a really big city
Havana is a really big city If you think you have read good short stories–think again; when you read Havana is a really Big City you will fall in love with Mirta Yáñez’s writing. I had already read a short … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuba, Cubanabooks, fiction, Havana, Havana Is a Really Big City, literature, Mirta Yáñez, Mister Morris Maricón, mujer cubana, short story, translation, women, women writers, XX century Cuba
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La complejidad de la realidad
La complejidad de la realidad jamás se puede ver por completo. A veces las personas aparentemente más equilibradas no están así. Tras los cuentos en Ofelias por Aida Bahr, ganadora del Premio Alejo Carpentier en la categoría de cuento, se … Continue reading
