Eduardo
Santiago is the author of the much-loved novel
Tomorrow They Will Kiss. Santiago tells the story of
three Cuban women who immigrated to New Jersey USA in the 60s. Each is remaking
her life, recalling and dreaming of love while struggling to make ends meet.
Santiago’s
short stories have appeared in Zyzzyva among other notable literary magazines
and he’s been named a PEN Emerging Voices Rosenthal Fellow.
Santiago is the force behind the Idyllwild Author
Series at INK Bookstore in Idyllwild, California. Visit his
website for more info.
Santiago was born in Cuba.
I had the good fortune to visit that beleaguered land in December 2003.
Some of my photos from that trip augment the interview and Eduardo's comments on the land, its folk and Fidel Castro.
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| Cuba aerial view |
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| Cubans outside the airport, awaiting arrivals |
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| Wedding in Sancti Spiritus |
A land of paradoxes.
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Dancers in the street
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| Inhabited apartment building in Havana |
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| School childen |
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| Cigar box |
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