Ahora Que Me Deja Un Minuto La Vida / Now That Life’s Given Me A Minute

"When New England’s snows force a pause, the memories of this Cuban author’s shining Caribbean find shelter in her verse."

The author: Emma Romeu is a writer, environmental journalist and poet. She emigrated from Cuba at the end of the twentieth century and has published books with major houses in Spain, Mexico and the United States. Her articles have appeared in international magazines such as National Geographic. She lives in the Greater Boston area, in Massachusetts.

The translator: Michael L. Glenn is a retired psychiatrist and writer who loves Latin American literature.