QUO VADIS?
Yani Angulo-Cano
A lot of things have happened in the three decades since that night. I now have both a family and a university career, but when I witness my nine-year-old son fashioning his own Cuban-American identity, the same as the children of my West Palm Beach friends with similar Mariel backgrounds, I’m conscious that the events of that fateful night always will play a role in our lives.
When I left Cuba in May of 1980, I couldn’t have imagined that three decades later I would be reviewing the unfinished business of the Mariel diaspora; yet, in the eve of the anniversary, I feel the need to follow the steps that have brought me and my fellow marielitos to both our blessed present and to our promising future. Because of my profession, literature surely has to play a significant (but not exclusive) role in such a journey of (re)discovery. I invite others with common experiences, and similar interests to visit my Manguito Review. We have travelled far… together we shall give meaning to our collective journey.
Dear Yanis,
ReplyDeleteSorry for being a bit late, but here I am, reading you, following your new adventure. As I said last year, best wishes for your blog. Happy new year as well!
No doubt that your literary skills will make this site a must-read for the Cuban Blogosphere.
Welcome.
Excelente tu primer post, Yani. Una vez más, bienvenida! Saludos.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful way to start a Cuban themed Blog, for us Cubans in the diaspora the journey continues... may God soon grant us our most cherished wish, our most reiterated plegaria, the blessing of a free, civil, constitutionally representative Cuban republic.
ReplyDeleteBienvenida Dra. Angulo.
Thank you very much to all of you for your support. Your kind words will no doubt stimulate my future efforts toward our common goal of improving life in Cuba. Gracias, Yanira
ReplyDeleteI am not Cuban, but I have long been interested in the diaspora of Cubans under Castro. I'm so glad to have found this blog. And I think it's an important thing that someone who remembers, recalls the boatlift. I recently read Before Night Falls, memoirs by the great Reinaldo Arenas. As research for a story, I am trying to find a source other than Arenas' book for the conditions under which people lived while waiting for the time to leave.
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A note for Ruth Sims: Look up Mirta Ojito's Finding Mañana, and Wendy Guerra's Todos se van.
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