In The Five Seekers, Dr. Rolando M. Ochoa, Ph.D., weaves historical facts into a fictional story. Embodied in five children who migrated alone to the United States through Operación Pedro Pan/Operation Peter Pan, Ochoa portrays the experiences of many families who left Cuba in the early 1960s. It’s a story that traces their journeys from an orphanage to becoming successful, educated men and women. Buy The Five Seekers – Ochoa…

Cuban-born writer and journalist Alberto Müller notes in Why Fidel Abandoned Che? that when Che Guevara was captured and executed in Bolivia, his final guerrilla adventure after previous failures in Argentina and Congo, he died bootless, hungry, without his asthma medications, and having lost most of his men, all pointing to his total abandonment by Fidel Castro and his regime. Buy Why Fidel Abandoned Che? – Müller…

Everyone Leaves: A Novel de Wendy Guerra sigue a Nieve en la Cuba de 1978 mientras recurre a su diario, su única constante en una vida de pérdida, abuso y agitación. Arrancada de su madre, obligada a vivir en el hogar de su padre abusivo y consagrada como “pionera revolucionaria”, Nieve registra las duras verdades de crecer en la Cuba de Fidel Castro, revelando la traición de la revolución a las mujeres. Acompaña a Guerra en la conversación la periodista y autora Mirta Ojito,…

A career-spanning monograph, Pepe Mar: Myth & Magic is a portal into Pepe Mar’s universe of myth-making, queer alchemy, and visual storytelling that draws from underground culture, fashion, and folklore. Featuring penetrating essays by leading curators and scholars that include Lawrence Rinder, Evan Garza, Yuval Etgar, Amy Galpin, and Joanna Robotham. The book accompanies an exhibition at the Tampa Museum of Art. Joining Mar in conversation is Robotham, the museum’s curator of modern and contemporary art.…

Florida-based photographer Anastasia Samoylova’s Atlantic Coast retraces Berenice Abbott’s 1954 photographic journey on historic U.S. Route 1 along the Eastern Seaboard, documenting dislocation, loss, and a shifting American dream. Working in color and black and white, Samoylova ventures on her own journey to revisit those communities transformed by the interstate and the expansion of industry, commerce, and development. Moderated by Ricardo Mor, arts journalist and curator.   SPONSORED BY     Buy Atlantic Coast – Samoylova…