Dreaming in Cuban Trivia

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Remember the moment when Pilar buys that bass guitar and then goes home to try it out? She pulls out The Velvet Underground & Nico LP, and peels off the sticker on the front. This article will help you understand just how sexually charged this moment really is.

García kept books of Wallace Stevens' poetry on her desk while she wrote Dreaming in Cuban—hence, the groovy epigraph.

Cristina García runs a popular writing workshop called Las Dos Brujas ("The Two Witches"), in New Mexico.