The legacy of the embargo will be Cuba's poverty and desperation. When the island comes out of it, they'll be even more desperate than they are now about the things they think they've missed. I think one of the unintended… — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
I feel possessive about stories I write in Spanish and so I usually end up translating those into English myself. — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
Each genre has its own process. I'm very intuitive about poetry. I usually write first and second drafts out by hand. The other end… — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
Both childbirth and abortion are medical procedures but neither is an illness, and sometimes they're both treated as such. — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
I tell people to have a relationship with their work every day, even if it means you just move a comma. — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
Our real world has evolved. It's become something much different, and inadvertently about healthcare, and about what it means to have good health, and… — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
I've gotten to try on voices very different than my own, and I've become much more aware of structure than ever before. Also, you… — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
In journalism, if there's a hole in your story you figure out a way around it because you've got a 4 p.m. deadline. It's… — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
The legacy of the embargo will be Cuba's poverty and desperation. When the island comes out of it, they'll be even more desperate than… — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
This is going to sound nuts but it took me forever to figure out why I'd stopped writing poetry - I mean, I went… — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
We're a long way from the embargo ending. Look at what just happened with the rollback of Obama's Cuba policies. Two idiot congressmen convinced… — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
