Little Havana Blues: A Cuban-American Literature Anthology - Softcover

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9781558851603: Little Havana Blues: A Cuban-American Literature Anthology

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ISBN 10: 1558851607 ISBN 13: 9781558851603

Publisher: Arte Publico Press, 1996

This landmark first anthology of Cuban-American literature is not a symphony of the exile or immigrant generation; rather this is a medley of voices -- narrators, essayists and poets -- staking their claim on part of the American literary mosaic with Pulitzer Prizes and other awards in hand. An introduction and bibliography by the editors accompany the selections.

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Suarez (Going Under, Arte Publico, 1996) and wife Poey, editor of Out of the Mirrored Garden (LJ 12/95), compile poems by 15 poets, 12 short stories, three plays, and four essays representing the best of recent Cuban American writing. Except for Oscar Hijuelos (represented here by a short story, "Cuba Cuba 1954"), none of the contributors is a household name. Highlights include Gean Moreno's poem "Stand" ("Finding/ souvenirs of dead loves has more/ to do with probability than accident"), Perez Firmat's sardonic essay "Lost in Translation," and Dolores Prida's bilingual tour de force drama, "Coser y Cantar." Although about half of the works have appeared in volumes already published, this anthology pulls a wide variety together conveniently in one place.?Lawrence Olszewski, OCLC Lib., Dublin, Ohio
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Review:

"A superbly encompassing gathering of poetry, fiction, essays, and drama representing the current dynamism of Cuban-American writing."

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