A second chance
Above is a link to a short piece I wrote about my visit to Cuba, originally published in 2003. The website Medium has a project called “Defunct Editors” to republish pieces published in defunct literary magazines, of which there are many. I am grateful that they resurrected this piece because it is close to my heart. My paternal grandfather, who died before I was born, emigrated from Cuba. I asked about trying to trace the family when I was there but I was told that it would be impossible, given how common the name Martin is and the state of their records.