Quote of the day
I can only say that one's individual situation is more real and important to oneself than the devastations of fates and empires especially when they do not vitally affect oneself
Gustavo Pérez Firmat

Born: March 3, 1949 (age 77)
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)






