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Achy Obejas

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January 01, 1956 in Havana, Cuba

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Achy Obejas is the award-winning author of Days of Awe, Memory Mambo and We Came all the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? Her poems, stories and essays have appeared in dozens of anthologies, including Akashic's Chicago Noir. A long time contributor to the Chicago Tribune, she was part of the 2001 investigative team that earned a Pulitzer Prize for the series, “Gateway to Gridlock.” Her articles have appeared in Vanity Fair, Village Voice, The Nation, Playboy, and MS, among others. Currently, she is a music contributor to the Washington Post and the Sor Juana Writer in Residence at DePaul University in Chicago. She was born in Havana


Average rating: 3.64 · 619 ratings · 93 reviews · 10 distinct works
Memory Mambo: A Novel
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 190 ratings2 editions
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We Came All the Way from Cu...
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Ruins
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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Days of Awe
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions
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Havana Noir
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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This Is What Happened in Ou...
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Memory Mambo: A Novel
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions
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“Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures.”
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