These blog posts recount my trip to Cuba in March, 2012, for background research for my next Frontera novel, The Blood Star Frontier. Note, this was three years before Obama and Castro reopened relations between the USA and Cuba. My tour was arranged by the Center for Cuban Studies, conducted in Cuba by Amistur; my participation was funded by GLCA New Directions.
Blog posts during trip:
Caught in Havana
Havana has no street lights
Biological preserve, and a shocking question
Two views in Havana
A synagogue and a mad artist
Literacy, transgender, and the Playstation
Recommended links:
Voces Cubanas
Havana Cultura
Center for Cuban Studies
People Photos by Celia (member of our tour)
Joan Slonczewski 