Achy Obejas

I feel possessive about stories I write in Spanish and so I usually end up translating those into English myself.

— Achy Obejas

I'm never afraid of research. I relish it!

— Achy Obejas

Each genre has its own process. I'm very intuitive about poetry. I usually write first and second drafts out by hand. The…

— Achy Obejas

Both childbirth and abortion are medical procedures but neither is an illness, and sometimes they're both treated as such.

— Achy Obejas

I tell people to have a relationship with their work every day, even if it means you just move a comma.

— Achy Obejas

Our real world has evolved. It's become something much different, and inadvertently about healthcare, and about what it means to have good…

— Achy Obejas

I've gotten to try on voices very different than my own, and I've become much more aware of structure than ever before.…

— Achy Obejas

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.…

— Achy Obejas

So much depends on our health, and we tend to take it so for granted.

— Achy Obejas

The legacy of the embargo will be Cuba's poverty and desperation. When the island comes out of it, they'll be even more…

— Achy Obejas

This is going to sound nuts but it took me forever to figure out why I'd stopped writing poetry - I mean,…

— Achy Obejas

We're a long way from the embargo ending. Look at what just happened with the rollback of Obama's Cuba policies. Two idiot…

— Achy Obejas

Interestingly, in Cuba abortion is treated as lightly as getting a mole removed.

— Achy Obejas

Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures.

— Achy Obejas

Journalism is very much public writing, writing with an audience in mind, writing for publication, and frequently writing quickly. And I know…

— Achy Obejas