Episode 185: Ana Hebra Flaster and her book, Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town
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Ana Hebra Flaster discusses her memoir about her family's journey from Cuba to the U.S. and the immigrant experience.
Episode 185: Ana Hebra Flaster and her book, Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town ABOUT ANA Ana Hebra Flaster is a journalist, speaker, and author who arrived in the U.S. as a child refugee when her working-class family fled Cuba, in 1967. She has written about Cuba and the Cuban American experience in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. Her commentaries and storytelling have aired on NPR’s All Things Considered and PBS’s Stories from the Stage. Ana supports human rights and peaceful democratic change in Cuba with her weekly Substack, CubaCurious, sourced from uncensored Spanish-language news outlets in and outside of Cuba. Her award-winning memoir, Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town, explores the long reach of “refugeedom” on her tightknit, multigenerational family and celebrates immigrant grit and courage. Published in 2025, the book was selected as an all-city read and a first-year university read andt has won multiple awards, including 1st place in the Discovery Book Awards, the International Book Awards, and the Indie Author Project, a Library…
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