Quote of the day
A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be with and the most pleasurable to have and to hold.
Gustavo Pérez Firmat

Born: March 3, 1949 (age 76)
Bio: A writer and scholar, Gustavo Pérez Firmat was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Miami, Florida. He attended Miami-Dade Community College, the University of Miami, and the University of Michigan, where he earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature.
Known for:
- Life on the hyphen (1994)
- Bilingual blues (1995)
- El año que viene estamos en Cuba (1997)
- The Cuban condition (1989)
- Tongue ties (2003)






