Achy Obejas
Autore di We came all the way from Cuba so you could dress like this?
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Fonte dell'immagine: Photo by Lilithcat, taken at Printers Row Book Fair, 7 June 2008
Opere di Achy Obejas
Memory and Oblivion 6 copie
Tell Me What You Want 3 copie
Kimberle 1 copia
Revolution Sunday 1 copia
Opere correlate
Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles (2008) — Collaboratore — 50 copie
Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women (2023) — Collaboratore — 18 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Obejas, Achy
- Data di nascita
- 1956-06-28
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Cuba (birth)
USA - Luogo di nascita
- Havana, Cuba
- Luogo di residenza
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Michigan City, Indiana, USA - Istruzione
- Indiana University
Warren Wilson College (MFA|Creative Writing - Attività lavorative
- journalist
poet
Freelance writer
novelist
newspaper columnist
short story writer (mostra tutto 7)
blogger - Premi e riconoscimenti
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1986)
- Breve biografia
- Achy Obejas was born in Havana, Cuba, and emigrated with her parents to the USA at age six, after after the Cuban revolution. She grew up in Michigan City, Indiana, and attended Indiana University. In 1979, she moved to Chicago, where she worked for the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Reader. She has also written for The Windy City Times, The Advocate, High Performance, and The Village Voice. She became a cultural writer for the Chicago Tribune in 1991. She has also been a freelance entertainment writer. Her poetry has appeared in a number of journals, including Conditions, Revista Chicano-Rique, and The Beloit Poetry Journal. Her short stories have also been widely published in journals and anthologies. Her novels include We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? (1994) and Memory Mambo (1996). The Cuba of her imagination has appeared throughout her works, and she revisited Cuba at age 39. She has served as a writer-in-residence at Yaddo, Ragdale, the Virginia Center for the Arts, and the University of Hawaii. She is the Sor Juana visiting writer at DePaul University, a position she has held since 2006. She also writes a blog called Citylife: Adventures in Urban Living for Chicago Public Media.
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- Opere
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- 24
- Utenti
- 686
- Popolarità
- #36,875
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 24
- ISBN
- 23
- Lingue
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