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Anthony DePalma

Anthony DePalma is the author of The Man Who Invented Fidel and Here: A Biography of the New American Continent. He was a foreign correspondent for The New York Times focusing on Latin America for twenty-two years, and continues to write for the newspaper as well as other publications.

Books

Books for Caribbean-American Heritage Month

We are celebrating Caribbean American Heritage Month with books by Caribbean and Caribbean-American authors, while recognizing the significance of the community’s influence on the history and culture of the United States. This book list includes fiction, memoir, narrative nonfiction, and history that illuminate and give insight into the community’s contributions and impact through individual lives

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Anthony DePalma on THE CUBANS: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times

Cubans today, most of whom have lived their entire lives under the Castro regime, are hesitantly embracing the future. In his new book, THE CUBANS, Anthony DePalma, a veteran reporter with years of experience in Cuba, focuses on a neighborhood across the harbor from Old Havana to dramatize the optimism as well as the enormous

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