Richard Blanco Archive Matters of the Sea / Cosas del mar and the Gulf between Homes Author: Christopher Louis Romaguera | Oct262022 Categories: Critical Essays No comments “Every time I go to Cuba, I spend the first moments after I’m settled walking over to El Malecon and sitting by the sea.” Review: WRITING HARD STORIES by Melanie Brooks Author: Guest Reviewer | Jan062017 Categories: Book Reviews, Critical Essays, Nonfiction, Writing Advice No comments Sharply written, these intimate and insightful exchanges dispel the myth that perhaps we all, writers or not, have come to believe about our own narratives, our own lives: “The worst story that we can tell ourselves is that we are alone.”