@IBJIYONGI
@Delta
I one complained to
@AmericanAir
about gender discrimination. They sent my husband and *only* my husband that they’d looked into it and hadn’t found any.
And the 2021
@latimes
Book Prize for History goes to...
Ada Ferrer
@Adita_Ferrer
for "Cuba: An American History" (
@ScribnerBooks
) 🏆
An epic history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States, written by one of the world’s leading historians of Cuba 🇨🇺
Today is pub date for
#Cuba
. And since there are no in person events, I took my book out for a walk. The last pic is in front of where Black intellectual founded La Liga for Caribbean workers & where Martí taught every Thursday night. Today it’s party room for Half Pint on W. 3rd
Very happy to share the news that I’ll be moving to
@PrincetonHist
in the fall! I’ll miss my
@NYUHistory
colleagues, but excited for this new adventure!
Ferrer to Join Faculty in the Fall
In Miami with my 100yo father sorting through papers: hundreds of family letters; dozens to Fidel Castro, and US, Mexican, and Argentine presidents; hundreds of unsent editorials and essays; tax records back to 1963, and more. So much better than hanging out on a beach.
Tonight’s the big night: Pulitzer ceremony! Still hard to believe it’s all real— and, in all honesty, a little heartbreaking to know I can’t share the experience with a parent.
When I started PhD, I went to class having written down 3 things to say/ask. Made myself say 1st thing early—I knew the longer I waited, the harder it was. Soon I was writing down 1 thing & trusting myself to come up with rest in class, until I didn’t need to anymore.
#YouGotThis
Advice for students struggling to participate in class discussions:
- Asking a good question can be better than having the right answer.
- Sometimes it can be useful just to state the obvious.
My 20 yo daughter (fully vaccinated with Moderna, NYC) got a positive Covid result this afternoon. Mild symptoms, which hopefully will not worsen. We’re all getting tested and quarantining. And I’m taking a bit of a Twitter break, too.
#StaySafe
#Peace
Trump has told people he wants his signature to appear on the direct payment checks that will go out to many Americans. Normally, a civil servant—the disbursing officer for the payment center—would sign federal checks.
@AndrewRestuccia
scoop:
Pope Francis: Tax evasion is part of a "structure of sin." He also quoted this article: "It has become evident that those who do not pay taxes do not only commit a felony but also a crime: if there are not enough hospital beds and artificial respirators, it is also their fault."
My daughter once applied for & didn’t get a job at gelato shop in Eataly (NYC). She didn’t have requisite 3 years’ experience scooping ice cream. Apparently, 3 years being a judge is all Amy Coney Barrett needs to become a Supreme Court justice.
Thrilled that
#CUBA
: AN AMERICAN HISTORY is a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize in History, and honored to be in such amazing company! Congratulations to all the finalists!
A perfect time to remember that Columbus never landed in this “America.” That Columbus—a man who never set foot on what became the US—became the traditional origin point for US history is part of the history of US empire in the 19th century.
My parents (98 & 93) in Miami live at home w/ 24hr care. Night/weekend care is my sister. Until pandemic I did monthly trips to see them, give her a break. My mother to my sister (who is still working): when will this thing be over so that you can kiss us again? My heart hurts.
On my way (masked, of course) to tape the prologue (& prologue only!) of my new book
#CUBA
: AN AMERICAN HISTORY, out in six weeks from
@ScribnerBooks
!
Happy 100th birthday to Ramon Ferrer, our 1st senior to receive a vaccine at home (delivered by
@MiamiBeachFire
Chief Virgil Fernandez). It’s critical everyone who can, gets the
#COVID19
vaccine. Stop by our walk-up site next to our Convention Center. Tell them Ramon sent you!
the first UN investigator to be granted access to Guantánamo detention center in its two-decade history: conditions “may also meet the legal threshold for torture.”
The last time I ever drove a car was on the NJ turnpike on a DC to NY trip Labor Day weekend, 1993. I said aloud: I’m applying for that NYU job, cause if I get it, I’ll never have to drive again. Who would have thought …..
As many of you know, my father died a few days ago. He was 101. I don’t know if it’s a stage of grief—I didn’t think those would apply at this point—but current mood is pure him when people tried to cheer him up and he would stubbornly have none of it.
My neighborhood bakery stopped making its Nutella twist. Apparently, only one person was buying it consistently. Readers, that person was me, and I’m devastated.
Familiares de detenidos ayer en las protestas en La Habana reclaman información este lunes ante una comisaría. Casi todo son mujeres. 🎥 de
@atareports
para
@EFEnoticias
#Cuba
The cover to the
@SimonAudio
version of
#Cuba
: An American History, read by Alma Cuervo (with yours truly on the prologue)! Pre-order your copy for delivery on September 7th:
Audible:
Google Play:
Feeling so privileged to have shared the evening with so many wonderful, warm, generous friends, family, colleagues—even as we were all reeling from the day’s cruel news. Thank you! ❤️
The amazing
@Adita_Ferrer
celebrating her birthday and her Pulitzer win (!!) on a gorgeous downtown rooftop… A lovely gathering that brought out her family, friends, colleagues, and so many of her present & former NYU students (me included!)
The Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz, will be the first Afro-Latina to appear on a U.S. quarter 🪙💃 The U.S. Mint is honoring Cruz with a quarter of her own in 2024, with designs released in mid-2023.
Five years ago today. There was such a palpable sense of hope afoot. Here’s hoping the
@POTUS
administration & Cuban government can both act decently, wisely so that Cubans no longer have to suffer the worse effects of both their policies.
I've received lots of mail about my essay. One wanted me to blame Batista and US for what happened to Poly; another thought it proved a theory about foreigners and democracy. But mostly, they've been empathetic and generous. Many have told their own wrenching stories. Thank you.
Xmas Eve flan, plus pork, rice, beans, yuca, salad. Felt like I was channeling my mom, who was a fabulous cook, loved feeding her daughters, and who passed this year. ❤️🎄
I love that Biden is meeting with historians—among them
@agordonreed
&
@jbf1755
! He absolutely needs to do the same thing regarding US foreign policy.
Can someone please explain what a flexible, hybrid course is? I hear 3rd hand that’s what I’m teaching next term. But no one’s bothered to inform me directly, or to explain what exactly that means, or if & how it will be safe to do so.
#Fall2020
#CovidCampus
#AcademicChatter
#NYU
Early this afternoon, our City vaccinated our first homebound senior, a 99 year old resident of West Avenue who received his shot from our Fire Chief Virgil Fernandez. We need more vaccine! Every day we don’t vaccinate people puts them in danger.
Okra originated on the continent of Africa. The french word for it is “gombo,” so there’s no coincidence that it’s a key ingredient in the gumbo dish.😋
Watch the first episode of
#HighOnTheHog
to learn more surprising facts about food origins.
Thank you! SSRC funding for dissertation research in Cuba helped set me on the path that resulted in this book, not to mention my earlier ones. Bittersweet to think of current and future dissertators who won’t have those resources now that SSRC-IDRF program is being terminated.
Congratulations to SSRC Latin American Studies International Doctoral Research fellow
@Adita_Ferrer
on receiving the 2022
@PulitzerPrizes
for her book, Cuba: An American History (
@ScribnerBooks
)!
I was walking on this path, with my youngest daughter in her stroller, on the way to the grocery store, when the plane flew overhead and crashed into the first tower straight ahead. A man hosing down the sidewalk turned to me and said in Spanish, that was on purpose.
Thanks to
@marthasjones_
for this photo with Julius, taken at a conference in Cologne, Germany in 2004. I can still remember so much of our conversations! Blessed to have known and learned from him.
Lots of people have asked about the photo of Poly that appeared in
@NewYorker
piece. It was the photo taken for the passport he was never issued. Found it in album my mom made for him for after her death. Her note on it is haunting.
I started reading this story last night bec the picture of the boy in the image drew me in. By the end of it I was devastated and suffered w/ the author
as a daughter, sister, mother. In admiration of Ferrer’s courage&honesty, no irony sarcasm or other protection in this writing