We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?

Achy Obejas writes stories about uprooted people. Some, like herself, are Latino immigrants and lesbians; others are men (gay and straight), people with AIDS, addicts, people living marginally, just surviving. As omniscient narrator to her characters' lives, Obejas generously delves into her own memories of exile and alienation to tell stories about women and men who struggle for wholeness and love.Author: Achy ObejasPublisher: Start-VivaPublished: 08/16/1994Pages: 116Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.48h x 5.52w x 0.39dISBN: 9780939416936Review Citation(s): Booklist 10/15/1994 pg. 394Kirkus Reviews 08/15/1994 pg. 1079About the AuthorAchy Obejas is also the author of We Came All the Way From Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? and Days of Awe. She has won numerous writing awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship and the 1996 Studs Terkel Journalism Award. She lives in Chicago.