“I was writing about Cubans I knew…the ones who are not just separated from Cuba or distanced from their heritage, but ones who are growing up outside of the familiar Cuban locales in America.”
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“We’ll celebrate the vigil as we have done since always, since we were others, protected by the blessing of being alive.”
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“I try to zero in on the particular lens through which they see the world, instead of portraying them as these one-dimensional poster children for suffering.”
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Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco reads “Havanasis” during City of Asylum’s Jazz Poetry Month.
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Joy Katz reads during City of Asylum’s Jazz Poetry Month in September 2016.
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“This is how I remember it, Bisi. This is how you left me: you pulled on your dress. You slipped on your shoes. You grabbed your bag. You picked up your phone. You walked out of the door.”
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“You tend to identify with what you’re looking at very closely.” -Mary Gaitskill
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