{"product_id":"cuba-in-mind-isbn-9781400076130","title":"Cuba in Mind","description":"Since Columbus arrived in 1492 and called Cuba “the most beautiful country that human eyes have ever seen,” few places on earth have evoked such passion. The thirty-one writers in \u003cb\u003eCuba in Mind \u003c\/b\u003eoffer ample proof of the fascinations that have lured generations of travelers.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this richly varied anthology of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, we hear from such famous visitors as Anthony Trollope, Langston Hughes, Ernest Hemingway, and Graham Greene. Poets and journalists offer their responses, from Allen Ginsberg and Jayne Cortez to Alma Guillermoprieto and Robert Stone; and novelists weigh in with such fictional portrayals as Elmore Leonard’s \u003cb\u003eCuba Libre\u003c\/b\u003e and Pico Iyer’s\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eCuba and the Night\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eCuban exiles, immigrants, and their offspring provide their unique perspective, from Cristina García’s essay “Simple Life” to excerpts from Oscar Hijuelos’s novel \u003cb\u003eThe Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love\u003c\/b\u003e and from Carlos Eire’s memoir \u003cb\u003eWaiting for Snow in Havana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eEmbracing salsa and santeria, politics and baseball, the island’s sparkling beaches and the teeming Havana streets, \u003cb\u003eCuba in Mind \u003c\/b\u003ecaptures the vibrancy, the contradictions, the heat and the humor of Cuba as shown by some of the best writers in the English language. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors:\u003cbr\u003eThomas Barbour • José Barreiro • Ruth Behar • William Cullen Bryant • Jayne Cortez • Stephen Crane • Andrei Codrescu • Eleanor Early • Carlos Eire • Kimi Eisele • Cristina García • Allen Ginsberg • Graham Greene • Alma Guillermoprieto • Elizabeth Hanly • Ernest Hemingway • Consuelo Hermer • Oscar Hijuelos • Langston Hughes • Pico Iyer • Elmore Leonard • Rosa Lowinger • Marjorie May • Tom Miller • Holly Morris • Ricardo Pau-Llosa • Robert Stone • Jim Shepard • Isadora Tattlin • Anthony Trollope • Walter D. Wilcox\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eTravelers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAnthony Trollope\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe West Indies and the Spanish Main\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Cullen Bryant\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Letter XLVIII” from \u003ci\u003eLetters of a Traveller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWalter D. Wilcox\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Among the Mahogany Forests of Cuba”\u003cbr\u003e9\u003cbr\u003eEleanor Early\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003ePorts of the Sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eConsuelo Hermer and Marjorie May\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eHavana Mañana: A Guide to Cuba and the Cubans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eRobert Stone\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Havana Then and Now”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAlma Guillermoprieto\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eLooking for History: Dispatches from Latin America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAndrei Codrescu\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eAy, Cuba!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eKimi Eisele\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“The Flesh, the Bones, and the Beating Heart”\u003cbr\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExpatriates, Real and Imagined\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eElmore Leonard\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eCuba Libre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eStephen Crane\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“The Clan of No-Name”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGraham Greene\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eOur Man in Havana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eErnest Hemingway\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom “The Great Blue River”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJim Shepard\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Batting Against Castro”\u003cbr\u003e1\u003cbr\u003eIsadora Tattlin\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eCuba Diaries: An American Housewife in Havana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAficionados\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLangston Hughes\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Havana Nights”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJayne Cortez\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Visita” and “In 1985 I Met Nicolás Guillén”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAllen Ginsberg\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom an interview with Allen Young in \u003ci\u003eGay Sunshine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eElizabeth Hanly\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Santería: An Alternative Pulse”\u003cbr\u003e1\u003cbr\u003ePico Iyer\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eCuba and the Night\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eTom Miller\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eTrading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro’s Cuba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eHolly Morris\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Adventure Divas”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThomas Barbour\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eA Naturalist in Cuba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eExiles, Immigrants, and Their Offspring\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eOscar Hijuelos\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eRuth Behar\u003cbr\u003e“In the Absence of Love”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eCristina García\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Simple Life”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eCarlos Eire\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Trece” from \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eRicardo Pau-Llosa\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Charada China”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eRosa Lowinger\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Repairing Things”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJosé Barriero\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003eWhile teaching in the English Department at Hunter College of the City University of New York, Maria Finn Domìnguez designed and taught a writing course for CUNY students at Casa de las Americas in Havana, Cuba. She works as a freelance writer and has written for, among many others, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Audubon Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eAnchorage Daily News,\u003c\/i\u003e and she has been a commentator for Alaska Public Radio. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College and has published literary work in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Review, New Letters, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eExquisite Corpse\u003c\/i\u003e. She has lived and worked in Alaska, Guatemala, and Spain, and traveled extensively throughout Latin America. She and her husband, Rafael Dominguez, met in Havana, Cuba. 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