Preface Jorge J. E. Gracia The Cuban Diaspora: A Brief Chronology Part I. The Artists Lynette M. F. Bosch Identities Baruj Salinas A Sense of Place Humberto Calzada Art on Art Emilio Falero The Juggler María Brito If Quebec Were in the Tropics Mario Bencomo The Human Condition Arturo Rodríguez For the Children Demi A Search for Unity Juan Carlos Llera Landscapes of the Mind Alberto Rey The Artists' Work Flow Up Fuji-San Baruj Salinas Island in Crisis Humberto Calzada Across Emilio Falero Self-portrait as a Swan María Brito If Quebec Were in the Tropics II  Mario Bencomo Untitled Arturo Rodríguez  An Artist's First Painting Demi  Fear of Flight Juan Carlos Llera  Brown Trout—Hosmer Creek Alberto Rey Part II. The Writers Isabel Alvarez Borland Thinking in Images Carlos Eire What Sounds Good Also Rings True Gustavo Pérez Firmat A Baratan Experience Pablo Medina Writing Without Masks Virgil Suárez Escaping the Humors Roberto Fernández Crossing the Crest of Forgetting Ana Menéndez The Writers' Work Treinta y Cinco Carlos Eire Fire in May Tristeza de mamá Gustavo Pérez Firmat Driving Home Rites of Spring Russian Doll Mirage The Poet as an Old Man Pablo Medina  The Seed Collector The Trouble with Frogs Virgil Suárez Nellie Roberto Fernández Travelling Fools Ana Menéndez Part III. The Philosophers Jorge J. E. Gracia Cuban, Hispanic, and Latina? Ofelia Schutte The Search for Identity Outside Miami Jorge J. E. Gracia Cuban American or Latin American? Oscar Martí Universalism or Particularism? Ernesto Sosa The Philosophers' Work Identities in Tension Ofelia Schutte                                       Ethnic Identity Jorge J. E. Gracia Breaking with the Past                               Oscar Martí Philosophy, the History of Philosophy, and Science                                        Ernesto Sosa Bibliography About the Editors Index 

"In a pleasing innovation, each interview is paired with a sample of the subject's work: stories and poems from the writers, essays from the philosophers, and a section of colour plates for the artists. The issues they discuss—language, the notion of home, the burdens of history and the freedoms of being in a new place—are resonant within the evolving concept of a transnational Caribbean." — Caribbean Review of Books"Testifying to the idea that Cuba is a traveling nation, and a long tradition of Cuban art, literature, and philosophical thought is flourishing outside the island, Identity, Memory, and Diaspora provides evidence that refutes the essentialist claim that this nation and its culture are confined within its geographical boundaries." — Andrea O'Reilly Herrera, editor of Cuba: Idea of a Nation Displaced"This impressive book provides a solid, insightful, and provocative approach to Cuban-American intellectual and artistic production. It highlights the transnational status of Cuba in a way that no other text of its kind has done." — Raúl Rubio, Wellesley College