Mexican-born writer/translator Alma Guillermoprieto has focused on Latin America’s transition into modernity for the last 20 years. In her fourth book, Dancing with Cuba—her first in Spanish—she turns to her own transition from dancer to writer.
Francisco Goldman’s third novel, The Divine Husband, a tale of epic love in the U.S. and Latin America (forthcoming from Grove in August), revolves around José Martí, the august poet, essayist, journalist, orator and Cuban revolutionary.
WEB EXCLUSIVE Roberto Tejada discusses his literary career with Esther Allen and his recently published book of poetry, Full Foreground.