Posts by author

Julia Cooke

Julia Cooke is the author of The Other Side of Paradise: Life in the New Cuba, from which this essay is adapted. Her writing has been featured in the New York Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, CondÃ© Nast Traveller, and the Best American Travel Writing 2014 anthology, among many others. She lives in New York City, where she teaches writing at The New School.

Rumpus Original

Julia Cooke

Jun 26, 2014

Searching for Santería

Isnael felt spirits. That was how he first realized he had a calling, and that it was Santería.
Film, Rumpus Original

Julia Cooke

Nov 21, 2012

The Rumpus Review of El Médico: The Cubatón Story

To be a doctor in Cuba is to live inside the swirl of history and politics that whooshes around the small Communist island at all times.

Your cart (items: 0)

Products in cart
Product	Details	Total
	Available on backorder Previous price: Discounted price:	Save

Julia Cooke

Searching for Santería

The Rumpus Review of El Médico: The Cubatón Story