Medicine, heroes and dancing in Cuba
This is the final installment in a multi-part series on Cuba. Read the previous collection of vignettes: “Memory and invention mix in Cuba” “No es lo que quiera, es lo que hay” HAVANA – Donated medications can’t be given to the state, my host mother Lesbia explains to me as I pry for anecdotes about […]
Memory and invention mix in Cuba
This is the continuation of a multi-part series on Cuba. Read the previous collection of vignettes: “Deciphering Cuba: Of streets, gardens, churches and kitchen tables” “A woman can never forget” HAVANA – It’s 9:45 a.m., and Lesbia is having breakfast. She is using her favorite mug, the one that Kiki, her husband, got her years […]
Deciphering Cuba: Of streets, gardens, churches and kitchen tables
This is the continuation of a multi-part series on Cuba. Read the previous collection of vignettes: “Of democracy, dogs, and WiFi: Scenes from Cuba” Cuba through a cereal box periscope HAVANA – Cuba’s capital is defined by its veneer. American tourists experience Havana from the vantage point of a cereal box periscope. Freshly waxed Chevrolets […]
Of democracy, dogs and WiFi: Scenes from Cuba
This is the continuation of a multi-part series on Cuba. Read the previous collection of vignettes: “Connecting with Cuba: Exploring Havana in the 60th year of revolution” Finding clarity elusive HAVANA – Sprawled on the beds at our guest house, we preach to each other about what we do and don’t get about Cuba, as […]
Connecting with Cuba: Exploring Havana in the 60th year of the revolution
Tuning In HAVANA — “I have been without email for two years,” Dani tells me as the music in the car skips. I’m trying to stream a song by Sylvan Esso while we ride in his 1976 Russian Lada back to the Vedado neighborhood where I’m staying. But even with my expensive cellular data plan, […]
