The Joy of Selling My 1,000th Book
I’m sitting in the Books & Books Cafe after finishing a key lime pie, and things feel really, really good. A little less than two years ago, I published a silly little book titled The Miami Creation Myth. It’s packed with 11 languages and dialects representing...
Cubans’ Shift to MAGA is Rooted in Trauma & Anger
Following the 2024 presidential election, Liberal reproaches and hot takes came fast and furious at Cuban Americans. We were racists, hypocrites, sheep, class traitors, fools voting against our own interests. But I won’t critique my community in this essay. I do that...
Take the Miami Gentrification Tour!
Are you a tourist or recent arrival looking to experience an authentic slice of Miami’s beautiful, messy, chaotic mix of cultures, people, and cuisines? Of course not! You just want the most Instagramable backgrounds to rub in your friends’ faces while they freeze to...
I Really Don’t Want to Be a Climate Refugee
It’s generational trauma time! Longtime readers are thoroughly familiar with my parents’ status as Cuban refugees. They came to this country with nothing, struggled to learn the language, busted their asses for decades to build academic and professional careers, and...
What It Means to Write Miami Satire in Trump’s Miami
55.2%. That is the percentage of Miami-Dade County that voted for Donald Trump in 2024. This is a new development, as the 305 was historically a Democratic bastion. In 2020, Democrats won 53.4% of the county while that figure was 65% in 2016. Even casual followers of...New Ebook
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Read Ch. 1
Checkout the first chapter of 'The Miami Creation Myth.'
