En route to Orlando on Tuesday, I spent a few hours catching up with Mario Cartaya of Fort Lauderdale, who happened to be in Gainesville as I was passing through. Mario is one of the 54 narrators in my oral history book about Cuban exiles, “Ninety Mikes and a Lifetime...
Always a thrill to walk into a bookstore and see them promoting my oral history book, “Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles,” for events like the one today at Story and Song Bookstore in Fernandina Beach. Thanks to owners Mark and Donna...
Now that we’re back from our travels through western Canada during July, I’m all set to resume the promotional events for my new oral history book, “Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles.” The next event is scheduled for 3 p.m. next...
Thank you, City Councilman Luis Viera of Tampa, for your kind words about my book about Cuban exiles. I hope others find it as worthwhile as you did. You can also order an inscribed copy of my book through this website. #oralhistory#cuba #patriayvida
I’ve been asked to make a presentation about my new oral history book, “Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles,” at the 2022 annual meeting of the Oral History Association. My book is a perfect fit for the meeting’s theme. The meeting will be...
Every year the Florida Humanities Council (FHC) announces a Speakers’ Bureau called Florida Talks, and I’ve just been included on this year’s list. Under this program, speakers on various Florida topics are made available to FHC’s nonprofit partners. My talk will be...
While I was in the Tampa Bay area this week for some events to promote my new book about Cuban exiles, I visited José Martí Park in Tampa’s Ybor City, the historic cigar-making enclave for Cuban, Spanish, and Italian immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th...
A great turnout tonight at Tombolo Books in St. Petersburg for an evening discussion on my new oral history book, “Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles.” Friends from St. Petersburg and Tampa were in the crowd of about 35 persons, and they...
Glad to see the chalkboard promoting my event at St. Petersburg’s Tombolo Books, 2153 1st Ave. South, on Tuesday at 7 pm. I’ll be joined by Jose Valiente of Tampa, one of the narrators from my oral history book, “Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early...
I’ll be presenting my new oral history book, “Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles,” in Sarasota on Monday afternoon. The event begins at 2 pm at Bookstore1, 117 S. Pineapple Ave. Hope to see my Sarasota friends there. #oralhistory...