Cuba: An American History

Esther Allen is a professor at City University of New York. She edited, annotated, and translated the Penguin Classics anthology&nbsp;José Martí: Selected Writings.

Esther Allen

Another World: On Ada Ferrer’s “Cuba: An American History”

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw

History

Pies on the Windowsills of “El Norte”

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

Esther Allen is a professor at City University of New York. She edited, annotated, and translated the Penguin Classics anthology&nbsp;José Martí: Selected Writings.