6/30/2023 0 Comments Memory Mambo by Achy ObejasObejas' short stories and poetry have been widely anthologized in collections such as Cubana (1998), Little Havana Blues (1996), The Way We Write Now (1995), and Latina (1995). She received the Studs Terkel Award for journalism in 1996. In addition to her weekly column for the Chicago Tribune, her articles also regularly appear in national publications like the Advocate, Ms., Latina, Out and Nation. A poet, fiction writer, and journalist, she has worked as a reporter in Chicago since the early 1980s. In 1993 she received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. Upon their arrival, the family was sent to Indiana, where Obejas grew up in Michigan City. by boat with her family at the age of six. Daughter of José and Alicia Fleites ObejasĬuban-born Achy Obejas came to the U.S.
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