Tears and Flowers - by Feliciano Castro

About the Book

A rare glimpse into the history and literary culture of the Cuban community in Key West in the early twentieth century, this book makes the poetry of Feliciano Castro--a writer, printer, editor, and cigar factory lector--available in English for the first time.

Book Synopsis

A rare glimpse into the history and literary culture of the Cuban community in Key West in the early twentieth century, this book makes the poetry of Feliciano Castro--a writer, printer, editor, and cigar factory lector--available in English for the first time.

About the Author

Feliciano Castro (1892-1982) was a poet, printer, editor, and lector who was born in Galicia, raised in Cuba, and lived for over six decades in Key West. Joy Castro, Willa Cather Professor of English and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska, is the author of many books, including One Brilliant Flame and Island of Bones. She is the granddaughter of Feliciano Castro. Rhi Johnson, assistant professor of Spanish at Indiana University, Bloomington, is the editor and translator of Because I Want to See the Sea: Poems by Rosalía de Castro.