• Selected Writings, by José Martí(https://www.amazon.com/Selected-Writings-Penguin-Classics-Marti/dp/0142437042/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343781413&sr=8-1&keywords=Selected+Writings%2C+by+Jos%C3%A9+Mart%C3%AD) • The Cuban Revolution: Origins, Course, and Legacy. Marifeli Perez-Stable(https://www.amazon.com/Cuban-Revolution-Origins-Course-Legacy/dp/0195367081/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343781455&sr=1-2&keywords=The+Cuban+Revolution%3A+Origins%2C+Course%2C+and+Legacy) • Cuba: A Global Studies Handbook, by Ted Henken(https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-Studies-Handbook-America-Caribbean/dp/1851099840/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343781521&sr=1-1&keywords=Cuba%3A+A+Global+Studies+Handbook%2C+by+Ted+Henken) • Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, by Julia Sweig(https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-What-Everyone-Needs-Know/dp/019538380X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343781581&sr=1-1&keywords=Cuba%3A+What+Everyone+Needs+to+Know%2C+by+Julia+Sweig) • Cuba, Or the Pursuit of Freedom, by Hugh Thomas(https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-Pursuit-Freedom-Hugh-Thomas/dp/0306808277/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343781642&sr=1-2&keywords=Cuba%2C+Or+the+Pursuit+of+Freedom%2C+by+Hugh+Thomas) • Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life, by Jon Lee Anderson(https://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/B004H8GMEY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343781817&sr=1-1&keywords=Che+Guevara%3A+A+Revolutionary+Life%2C+by+Jon+Lee+Anderson) • Dancing with Cuba: A Memoir of the Revolution, by Alma Guillermoprieto.(https://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Cuba-A-Memoir-Revolution/dp/0375725814/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343781853&sr=1-2-fkmr0&keywords=Dancing+with+Cuba%3A+A+Memoir+of+the+Revolution%2C+by+Almaa+Guillermoprieto.) • Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground, by Peter Moruzzi(https://www.amazon.com/Havana-Before-Castro-Tropical-Playground/dp/1423603672/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477945140&sr=8-1&keywords=cuba+before+castro)

• Waiting for Snow in Havana, by Carlos Eire(https://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Snow-Havana-Confessions-Cuban/dp/0743246411/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343781909&sr=1-1&keywords=Waiting+for+Snow+in+Havana%2C+by+Carlos+Eire) • Dancing with Cuba: A Memoir of the Revolution by Alma Guillermoprieto(https://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Cuba-Revolution-Alma-Guillermoprieto/dp/0375725814) • Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita Engle(https://www.amazon.com/Enchanted-Air-Cultures-Wings-Memoir/dp/1481435221)

• Telex From Cuba, by Rachel Kushner(https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Telex+From+Cuba%2C+by+Rachel+Kushner&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss) • Dirty Havana Trilogy, by Pedro Juan Gutiérrez(https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Dirty+Havana+Trilogy%2C+by+Pedro+Juan+Guti%C3%A9rrez&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss) • The Man Who Loved Dogs, by Leonardo Padura(https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Loved-Dogs-Novel/dp/0374535078/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464894833&sr=8-1&keywords=leonardo+padura) • The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier(https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-This-World-Alejo-Carpentier/dp/0374530114/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464894613&sr=8-1&keywords=alejo+carpentier) • Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas(https://www.amazon.com/Before-Night-Falls-Reinaldo-Arenas/dp/0140157654/ref=pd_sim_14_10?ie=UTF8&dpID=51KUW8vTesL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR100%2C160_&refRID=0SHDXN8KM05Y862NF70J) • Cecilia Valdés or El Angel Hill by Cirilo Villaverde(https://www.amazon.com/Cecilia-Vald%C3%A9s-Angel-Library-America/dp/0195143957/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1464895092&sr=1-1&keywords=cecilia+valdes+english) • Biography of a Runaway Slave by Miguel Barnet(https://www.amazon.com/Biography-Runaway-Revised-Miguel-Barnet/dp/1880684187/ref=pd_sim_14_8?ie=UTF8&dpID=41EMqHA98kL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR101%2C160_&refRID=0SHDXN8KM05Y862NF70J)

• The Whole Island – Six Decades of Cuban Poetry (A Bilingual Anthology), ed.: Mark Weiss(https://www.amazon.com/The-Whole-Island-Bilingual-Anthology/dp/0520258940/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343782063&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=The+Whole+Island+%E2%80%93+Six+Decades+of+Cuban+Poetry+%28A+Bilingual+Anthology%29%2C+ed.%3A+Mark+Weiss) • Violet Island and Other Poems, by Reina María Rodríguez(https://www.amazon.com/Violet-Island-Other-Poems-Integer/dp/1892295652/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343782131&sr=1-1&keywords=Violet+Island+and+Other+Poems%2C+by+Reina+Mar%C3%ADa+Rodr%C3%ADguez) • The Bridges, by Fayad Jamís(https://www.amazon.com/Bridges-Earthworks-Fayad-Jam%C3%ADs/dp/1844715221/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343782364&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Bridges%2C+by+Fayad+Jam%C3%ADs.) • Ismaelillo by Jose Marti(https://www.literatura.us/marti/ismael.html) • Man-making words; selected poems of Nicolas Guillen(https://www.amazon.com/Man-Making-Words-Selected-Nicolas-Guillen/dp/1558494103) • Legacies: Selected Poems Paperback by Heberto Padilla(https://www.amazon.com/Legacies-Selected-Poems-Heberto-Padilla/dp/0374517363) • Muerte de Narciso by José Lezama Lima(http://editalibros.tripod.com/HTMLobj-263/muerte_de_narciso.pdf) • Obras Escogidas of Dulce Maria Loynaz(http://ww1.offermaxs.com/) • Antologia Poetica by Fina Garcia Marruz(https://www.barnesandnoble.com/noresults)

• Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb: Violet Isle(https://www.amazon.com/Alex-Webb-Rebecca-Norris-Violet/dp/193443518X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343782427&sr=1-1&keywords=Violet+Isle%2C+by+Alex+Webb+%26+Rebecca+Norris+Webb) • Jose A. Figueroa: A Cuban Self-Portrait(https://www.amazon.com/Jose-Figueroa-Cuban-Self-Portrait/dp/8475069029/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343782468&sr=1-1&keywords=Jose+A.+Figueroa%3A+A+Cuban+Self-Portrait) • Walker Evans: Cuba(https://www.amazon.com/Walker-Evans-Cuba-Andrei-Codrescu/dp/1606060643/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343782517&sr=1-1&keywords=Walker+Evans%3A+Cuba) • Rene Burri: Cuba y Cuba(https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-y-BURRI-R/dp/1560987812/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343782565&sr=1-1&keywords=Cuba+y+Cuba%2C+by+Rene+Burri) • Veigas-Zamora, Vives Gutierrez, Nodal, and Garzon: Memoria, Cuban Art of the 20th Century(https://www.amazon.com/Memoria-Cuban-Art-20th-Century/dp/0917571118/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343782609&sr=1-1&keywords=Memoria%3A+Cuban+Art+of+the+20th+Century)

• Trading With the Enemy: A Yankee Travels through Castro’s Cuba, by Tom Miller(https://www.amazon.com/Trading-Enemy-Travels-Through-Castros/dp/0465005039/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343782679&sr=1-1&keywords=Trading+With+the+Enemy%3A+A+Yankee+Travels+through+Castro%C2%92s+Cuba%2C+by+Tom+Miller) • The Havana Guide: Modern Architecture 1925- 1965 by Eduardo Luis Rodríguez(https://www.amazon.com/Havana-Guide-Modern-Architecture-1925-1965/dp/1568982100/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465233881&sr=8-1&keywords=Eduardo+luis+Rodriguez) • Tropicana Nights, by Rosa Lowinger(https://www.amazon.com/Tropicana-Nights-Times-Legendary-Nightclub/dp/0156032600/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465233829&sr=8-1&keywords=tropicana+nights)

• The Boys From Dolores, by Patrick Symmes(https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Dolores-Schoolmates-Revolution-Departures/dp/1400076447/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343782724&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Boys+From+Dolores%2C+by+Patrick+Symmes) • Without Fidel, by Ann Louise Bardach(https://www.amazon.com/Without-Fidel-Foretold-Havana-Washington/dp/1416551506/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343782756&sr=1-1&keywords=Without+Fidel)

• Harper’s Magazine October 2010: “Thirty Days as a Cuban”(http://www.penultimosdias.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/HarperHavana-Oct2010.pdf) • The Economist Special Report on Cuba – March 24, 2012:(https://www.economist.com/special-report/2012/03/24/revolution-in-retreat) • Nuestra América by José Martí(http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/marti/America.htm)

• PM, 1961, by Sabá Cabrera Infante, Orlando Jiménez Leal(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKvbUeqPYlo) • The Twelve Chairs (Las doce sillas), 1962, by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea(https://www.amazon.com/Doce-Sillas-NTSC-Region-dvd/dp/B000YNIM9O/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1464903612&sr=8-3-fkmr0&keywords=La+muerte+de+un+bur%C3%B3crata+%281966%29+de+Tom%C3%A1s+Guti%C3%A9rrez+Alea) • I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba), 1964, by Mikhail Kalatozov(https://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Cuba-Sergio-Corrieri/dp/B00003ETJT) • Death Of A Bureaucrat (La muerte de un burócrata), 1966, by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea(https://www.amazon.com/Muerte-Burocrata-Gutierrez-English-subtitles/dp/B000YNGTZ8/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464903612&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=La+muerte+de+un+bur%C3%B3crata+%281966%29+de+Tom%C3%A1s+Guti%C3%A9rrez+Alea) • Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del subdesarrollo), 1968, by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea(https://www.amazon.com/Memories-Underdevelopment-Sergio-Corrieri/dp/B001L2SA5I/ref=pd_sim_sbs_74_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=51c916DXuPL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL320_SR224%2C320_&refRID=15ZQDQ4VS0S5G1CDK64F) • One Way or Another (De Cierta Manera),1974, by Sara Gómez(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_FaWYhtW80) • The Last Supper (La última cena), 1976, by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea(https://www.amazon.com/Ultima-Region-Gutierrez-English-subtitles/dp/B000YNGU20) • Portrait of Teresa (Retrato de Teresa), 1979, by Pastor Vega(https://www.amazon.com/Portrait-Teresa-VHS-Idalia-Anreus/dp/B000006D2R) • Lucia, 1968, by Humberto Solas(https://www.amazon.com/Lucia-Raquel-Revuelta/dp/B002YJ053W) • Cecilia, 1981, by Humberto Solás(https://www.amazon.com/Cecilia-Imanol-Arias/dp/B000WC399K/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464903852&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Cecilia+%281981%29+de+Humberto+Sol%C3%A1s) • Se permuta, 1983, by Juan Carlos Tabío(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DO5NGS/?tag=blorev08-20) • A Girlfriend for David (Una novia para David), 1985, by Orlando Rojas(https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cuban-movie-Una-Novia-Para-David-Cuba-Pelicula-DVD-/200447508915) • Vampires in Havana (Vampiros en La Habana), 1985, by Juan Padrón(https://www.amazon.com/Vampires-Havana-Frank-Gonz%C3%A1lez/dp/B00005Y71A/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1464976318&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=Vampiros+en+La+Habana+%281985%29+de+Juan+Padr%C3%B3n) • Too Afraid of Life or Splat (Plaff o demasiado miedo a la vida), 1988, by Juan Carlos Tabío(http://www.videos.cubacineonline.com/peliculas-cubanas-gratis-y-completas/plaff-pelicula-cubana-1988) • Papeles secundarios, 1989, by Orlando Rojas(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ZrIuAKTzc) • The Beauty of the Alhambra (La bella del Alhambra),1989, by Enrique Pineda Barnet(http://ads305.com/pelicula-cubana-completa-la-bella-del-alhambra/) • Alice In Wondertown (Alicia en el pueblo de maravillas), 1990, by Daniel Díaz Torres(https://www.amazon.com/Alice-Wondertown-Thais-Vald-eacute/dp/B001KW90KS/ref=cm_cr_othr_d_product_top?ie=UTF8) • María Antonia, 1990, by Sergio Giral(https://www.amazon.com/ANTONIA-Import-Latin-Pelicula-Clasica-Drama-DVD-Cine/dp/B004F1QQI0) • Fresa y chocolate, 1993, by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío(https://www.amazon.com/Fresa-Chocolate-Strawberry-Gutierrez-Peliculas/dp/844931254X) • Madagascar, 1994, by Fernando Pérez(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSCTCW2zV7M) • Guantanamera, 1995, by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea(https://www.veoh.com/watch/v384225DAnK2PST) • La vida es silbar, 1998, by Fernando Pérez(https://www.amazon.com/Life-Whistle-Jose-Andrade/dp/B00005TNEW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464903575&sr=8-1&keywords=la+vida+es+silbar) • Video de familia, 2000, by Humberto Padrón(http://www.cubacine.cult.cu/sitios/ficcion/index.php?Pelicula=Video%20de%20familia) • Lista de espera, 2000, by Juan Carlos Tabío(https://www.amazon.com/Waiting-List-Vladimir-Cruz/dp/B000244FNM/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464903523&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Lista+de+espera+%282000%29+de+Juan+Carlos+Tab%C3%ADo) • Nada, 2003, by Juan Carlos Cremata(https://www.amazon.com/Nada-Mas-Thais-Vald%C3%A9s/dp/B0008FXT6E) • Viva Cuba, 2005, by Juan Carlos Cremata(https://www.amazon.com/Viva-Cuba-Abel-Rodriguez-Ramirez/dp/B000RHRGSK/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1464903255&sr=8-2&keywords=habanastation) • Habana Blues, by Benito Zambrano(https://www.amazon.com/Habana-Blues-Roger-Pera/dp/B000SLYE6M/ref=pd_sim_sbs_74_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=51EeVHl6vfL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL320_SR230%2C320_&refRID=15ZQDQ4VS0S5G1CDK64F) • Habanastation, 2011, by Ian Padrón(https://www.amazon.co.uk/Habanastation-Rene-Banos/dp/B00658WQD0) • Conducta, 2014, by Ernesto Daranas(http://www.london-movie.org/stream/conducta-2014/tt3595966)

• Unfinished Spaces by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray.(https://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Spaces/dp/B00B1E6DQO/ref=pd_sim_14_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=51wLi6xVN3L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=0A38Q3JRZP75B7DCVY3D) • Buena Vista Social Club by Wim Wenders(https://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Spaces/dp/B00B1E6DQO/ref=pd_sim_14_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=51wLi6xVN3L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=0A38Q3JRZP75B7DCVY3D) • Dance Cuba: Dreams of Flight by Cynthia Newport(http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/547010/Dance-Cuba-Dreams-of-Flight/) • Maestra by Catherine Murphy(http://www.maestrathefilm.org/) • The Poet of Havana by Ron Chapman(http://play.hbogo.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GVd5GsQFDiE-PpJIIAAT0) • Suite Havana by Fernando Perez(https://www.veoh.com/watch/v62380886jCZWPN8H) • Yank Tanks by David Schendel(https://www.amazon.com/Yank-Tanks-Carros-Classicos-Cuba/dp/B0001LYFRC) • Horizontes by Eileen Hofer(http://intermezzofilms.ch/#/movies/doc/11) • Now by Santiago Álvarez(https://www.amazon.com/Santiago-Alvarez-documentary-collection-Portuguese/dp/B00502Y8FG)

Cuban music cannot be explained. It has to be experienced. It has to be felt. The plethora of outstanding Cuban music from the late 19th century to present is too vast and diverse to list in one place. We try to give a broad stroke overview so you can experience the musical body of work of this small country and the influence it has had on music from all over the world throughout the ages. From the early origins of danceable afro-cuban rhythms to their incorporation in everything from son, guaguanco, classical and jazz, Cuban music has influenced the greatest artists, composers and arrangers throughout history including Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole and Michel Legrand, to name a few. In recent decades, the evolution of Cuban rock, hip hop and even reggaeton rivals that of any other latin american country and has influenced artists from the The Roots and Tego Calderon to Jackson Browne and The Black Eyed Peas. • Irakere: Misa negra(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RroX-B6q14k) • Chucho Valdés and Omara Portuondo: Danza ñañiga(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I5hE9rg2Hg) • Pablo Milanés & Silvio Rodríguez: El breve espacio en que no estás(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFDIBuAbLsU) • Pablo Milanes: Yolanda(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sct0-7rs2zY) • Silvio Rodriguez: El unicornio azul(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a81AGfl0JOY) • Buenavista Social Club(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFczMMgYSk) • Los Van Van: Sandunguera(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GCIXM1sdGk) • NG La Banda: Necesito una Amiga(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivY2I54TlD) • La Charanga Habanera: La chica mas bella(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivY2I54TlD) • Leo Brouwer: Un día de noviembre(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3PciGmI5fM) • Camerata Romeu: Camerata en Guaguanco(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d11NGffLcYU) • Frank Fernández: La comparsa(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV6N75z7cRY) • Santiago Feliu: Ansias del alba(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25VA2IzzFDo) • Carlos Varela: Muros y puertas(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-10VQQtAnw) • Kelvis Ochoa: A ella de duele(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7HL0BJhPJ8) • Descemer Bueno: El carro(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEbVWStrTEI) • David Torrens: El bufon y el tragico(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G8AlrinQ2A) • Ernan Lopez Nussa: Fin del baile(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKoUAq5mvkQ) • Habana Abierta: Ahora si tengo la llave(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb2qkQbjfhg) • Gema y Pavel: Parar de fumar(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCu_hCXACEU) • Orishas: A lo cubano(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__ebXoTvI3I) • Raul Paz: El balcon(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwp0Yzj5vqo) • Gente de Zona: Traidora(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oMfwHYSRIk) • Fernando Alvarez: Se feliz(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcMCpuSUypU) • Boris Larramendi: Boris Larramendi: Siempre happy(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq5OoSDkfuo)