kfw Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 The New Yorker published the first chapter of this book awhile back. From the Washington Post's review -- "Other admirers of Alma Guillermoprieto's reportage from Latin America may well be as surprised as I was to learn that the title of this memoir is literal. Nearly three and a half decades ago Guillermoprieto went to Cuba to teach at the National School of Modern Dance, "about eight miles from the center of Havana in a suburb once known as Marianao." It wasn't a lark, and it wasn't an exercise in fellow traveling. It was a job pure and simple, though of course it turned out to be a good deal..." Dancing with Cuba Link to comment
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