Marielitos, Balseros and Other Exiles

"Complex and woeful, Milanés 's rich ensemble act may remind readers of Junot Diaz's Drown and Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son ."— Publishers Weekly

“In Marielitos, Balseros, and Other Exiles, Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés presents an amazing diversity of characters. Here are voices I have never heard before in American Literature. With clarity, tenderness, but unflinching courage, she fills in some of the blank faces that have been left out of our minority m…