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Achy Obejas is a Cuban American writer, translator, and activist whose work focuses on personal and national identity.
She’s here to talk about her book of poetry Boomerang/Bumeran (Beacon Press), which is English and Spanish.
Achy also is the author of the novel Days of Awe and the story collection The Tower of the Antilles.
In this conversation, we talk about:
Continue reading “Episode 287: Boomerang with Achy Obejas”
Tony Perrottet is a journalist, historian, and author of six books.
His latest piece is “The Butcher of Havana,” this for The Atavist Magazine.
We talk about the central figure, Herman Marks, an American who became the chief executioner for the Cuban revolutionaries. It’s an incredibly gripping read.
Continue reading “Episode 285: Tony Perrottet and ‘The Butcher of Havana’”
“You don’t know when you’ve kicked up the hornets’ nest until they’re all on you.” Brin-Jonathan Butler.
“The decision itself was the villain.” Brin-Jonathan Butler
Written by Brendan O’Meara
Brin-Jonathan Butler returns this time to talk about his wonderful memoir The Domino Diaries: My Decade Boxing with Olympic Champions and Chasing Hemingway’s Ghost in the Final Days of Castro’s Cuba.
In this latest episode, we really drill down on his book and his time in Cuba. It “closed a door on a decade,” as Brin says.
The experience was, in some ways, a gamble. But the reasoning was simple because it allows him to lead a life worth writing about, as he says.
So I hope you enjoy this episode. Also, be sure to listen to our Round 1.
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