{"product_id":"cuba-in-mind-an-anthology-paperback","title":"Cuba in Mind: An Anthology - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Finn Dominguez\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 Garc a'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors: \u003cbr\u003eThomas Barbour - Jos  Barreiro - Ruth Behar - William Cullen Bryant - Jayne Cortez - Stephen Crane - Andrei Codrescu - Eleanor Early - Carlos Eire - Kimi Eisele - Cristina Garc a - 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\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 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 Cuba in Mind offer ample proof of the fascinations that have lured generations of travelers. \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 Cuba Libre and Pico Iyer's\" Cuba and the Night.\" Cuban exiles, immigrants, and their offspring provide their unique perspective, from Cristina Garcia's essay \"Simple Life\" to excerpts from Oscar Hijuelos's novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love and from Carlos Eire's memoir Waiting for Snow in Havana.\" Embracing salsa and santeria, politics and baseball, the island's sparkling beaches and the teeming Havana streets, Cuba in Mind captures the vibrancy, the contradictions, the heat and the humor of Cuba as shown by some of the best writers in the English language. \u003cbr\u003eContributors: \u003cbr\u003eThomas Barbour - Jose Barreiro - Ruth Behar - William Cullen Bryant - Jayne Cortez - Stephen Crane - Andrei Codrescu - Eleanor Early - Carlos Eire - Kimi Eisele - Cristina Garcia - 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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. They now live in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.04 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 08, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169936609415,"sku":"9781400076130","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5bd3f06aa37f066a478595a8af7556f9.webp?v=1733344667","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/cuba-in-mind-an-anthology-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}