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CUBA ENCUENTRO interview.

Commentary: Is black America's honeymoon with the Castros over?
McClatchy Washington Bureau
By Carlos Moore | Special to McClatchy Newspapers In a landmark "Statement of Conscience by African-Americans," 60 prominent blackAmerican scholars, ...

Article on McClatchy about Carlos Moore "CARLOS MOORE: Putting context to Cuba's racial divide"
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/66583.html

Article on The Miami Herald Blog "Cuban Colada" about Carlos Moore "Cuban ambassador calls Moore an outrageous liar."
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/cuban_colada/2009/03/ethnologist-and-political-scientist-carlos-moore-caused-a-stir-recently--in-barbados-where-he-lectured-about-race-in-cuba.html

Tavis Smiley Show hosts Dr. Carlos Moore on February 10, 2009. Watch!

Oprah & Friends host Dr. Maya Angelou talks with Cuban writer Dr. Carlos Moore.
Oprah.com: http://www.oprah.com/media/20090113_oaf_20090113_oaf_ma

Article on McClatchy about Carlos Moore and President Obama
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/61583.html

Brazilian poet, Nelson Maka Interview of Carlos Moore (published on January 1, 2009)
http://www.gramaticadaira.blogspot.com

AFROPRESS Interview of Carlos Moore
http://www.afropress.com/diversidadesLer.asp?id=179

Articles about Racism in Socialist Cuba:
http://www.caribbeanworldnews.com/middle_top_news_detail.php?mid=1839


CARIBBEAN WORLD NEWS
http://www.caribbeanworldnews.com/middle_top_news_detail.php?mid=1839

Review of PICHON in: The Black World Today
http://tbwt.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1181&Itemid=40

Why Castro regime fears Obama administration - Miami Herald Website
http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/791191.html

Race-based clubs see revival in Cuba - Miami Herald Website
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/828413.html


The McClatchy DC Web site published the article on Nov. 19. It was our Featured Commentary of the day. Here is a link to the article:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/344/story/56074.html

Carlos Moore, author of Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678), will tape an interview on February 4, 2009 on The Tavis Smiley Show. The show will likely air later that week. Final confirmation date to come.

More about The Tavis Smiley Show:

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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED:

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) will be reviewed in an upcoming issue of Mundo Hispanico (circ. 75,000), a Spanish-language community newspaper in Atlanta, GA.

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) will be reviewed in an upcoming issue of the News & Record (circ. 84,339), a daily newspaper in Greensboro, NC. Carlos Moore's 11/28 event will also be noted.

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was noted in the Sunday, November 16, 2008 issue of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (circ. 464,805), in conjunction with Carlos Moore's event at the Auburn Avenue Research Library. To read the listing, click the following link:

http://www.accessatlanta.com/arts/content/printedition/2008/11/16/litcal.html

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was noted in the November 20, 2008 issue of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (circ. 274,999), in conjunction with Carlos Moore's event tonight at the Auburn Avenue Research Library. To read the listing, click the following link:

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/printedition/2008/11/20/combrief.html

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) is currently scheduled to be featured in a feature story on author Carlos Moore in the November 27, 2008 issue of the Winston-Salem Chronicle (circ. 10,000), a community newspaper written for the African-American community of Forsyth County, NC.

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was noted on MundoHispanico.com (5,789 visitors per month), in conjunction with an upcoming author event at the Auburn Avenue Research Library. To read the listing, click the following link:

http://www.mundohispanico.com/portada/content/portada/arteycultura.html

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was noted on a staffer's blog on the homepage of SundayPaper.com, the Web site for The Sunday Paper (circ.62,000), in conjunction with an upcoming author event at the Hammonds House Gallery. To read the listing, click the following link

http://www.sundaypaper.com/More/StaffBlog/tabid/138/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3333/Pichn-Race-and-Revolution-in-Castros-Cuba.aspx

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was noted on NorthJersey.com, the Web site for The Record (circ.155,722), in conjunction with an upcoming author event at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York. To read the listing, click the following link:

http://calendar.northjersey.com/new-york-ny/events/show/85243347-carlos-moore-on-tour-for-book-pichon-race-and-revolution-in-castros-cuba-a-memoir

Carlos Moore, author of Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678), will be interviewed live this evening, November 14, 2008 in a 30-minute segment on "A Mano Limpia," a highly-popular Spanish-language program that airs on WJAN-TV, an independent station for the Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL market. Moore will appear at approximately 7:30 p.m. ET.

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was featured with cover image in the "hot off the shelf" section of the November 2008 issue of African American Family (circ. 28,908).

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was featured on October 29, 2008 on Jamaicans.com (82,053 visitors per month), a Web site about Jamaica and Jamaican culture. To read the article, click the following link:

http://www.jamaicans.com/news/announcements/Pichon-103008-05.shtml

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was featured in an article about author Moore's appearance tomorrow at the Miami Book Fair International in the November 14, 2008 issue of the South Florida Times (circ. 24,000), an African American community newspaper in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. To read the full article, click the following link:

http://www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2119&Itemid=42

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was reviewed on November 12, 2008 in Library Journal's Xpress Reviews, which features online-only book reviews for Library Journal (circ. 17,977). They call it a "remarkable memoir." The complete review follows:

Moore, Carlos. Pichon: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba. Lawrence Hill: Chicago Review. Nov. 2008. 400p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-1-55652-767-8. $26.95. AUTOBIOG
Verdict: Moore's remarkable memoir of growing up black in Cuba is marred by his impulses to exaggerate and a penchant of portraying himself as standing alone against racism. Book selectors need to examine the author's agenda, but this small book provides a useful critique of Castro's Cuba.
Background: Moore (Castro, the Blacks, and Africa) recounts growing up as black, labeled as a pichon (the Cuban equivalent of the notorious N word), and surviving the racism of Cuban society. Moore left Cuba at the zenith of the Batista-Castro struggle only to return voluntarily as a revolutionary in the summer of 1961. After two years of discrimination, he departed Cuba once again, not to return for 36 years.—Boyd Childress, Auburn Univ. Lib., AL

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was noted in the events section on VidaAfroLatina.com, in conjunction with two upcoming author events. To read the listing, click the following link:

http://vidaafrolatina.com/EVENTS.html

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was featured in an "open letter" by author Carlos Moore on October 22, 2008 on VidaAfroLatina.com, a Web site featuring news and views by and about Afro-Latinos in the United States and throughout the Americas. To read the letter, click the following link:

http://www.vidaafrolatina.com/An_Open_Letter_from_a_So.html

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was featured with author Q&A in the "Issues & Ideas" section in the Sunday, November 9, 2008 issue of the Miami Herald (circ. 311,245). The feature spotlights Pichón and Moore's appearance at the 2008 Miami Book Fair International. To read the article, click the following link:

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/issues//v-fullstory/story/761793.html

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was featured with author interview in the Sunday, November 9, 2008 issue of El Nuevo Herald (circ. 88,035), the primary Spanish-language newspaper covering south and central Florida. To read the article, click the following link:

http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/septimo_dia/story/318459.html

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was noted on Westport-News.com, the Web site for the Westport News (circ. 6,688), in conjunction with an upcoming author event at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York. To read the listing, click the following link:

http://events.westport-news.com/new-york-ny/events/show/85243347-carlos-moore-on-tour-for-book-pichon-race-and-revolution-in-castros-cuba-a-memoir

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was noted on journalnow.com (193,029 visitors per month), the Web site for the Winston-Salem Journal, in conjunction with an upcoming author event at Special Occasions Bookstore in Winston-Salem, NC. To read the listing, click the following link:

http://events.journalnow.com/winstonsalem-nc/venues/show/1003047-special-occasions-bookstore

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was noted in the events calendar section on wifmradio.com, the Web site for 100.9 WIFM-FM, in conjunction with an upcoming author event at Special Occasions Bookstore in Winston-Salem, NC. To read the listing, click the following link:

http://www.wifmradio.com/community.html

Carlos Moore, author of Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678), will be interviewed live at 11:00 am ET on November 1, 2008 on "On with Leon," a popular public/community affairs radio show that airs on Sirius XM's Channel 169.

Carlos Moore, author of Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678), is currently scheduled to tape an interview on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 on "Juego de Palabras," a Spanish-language weekly program that airs on CNN en Español.

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was noted in The Buckhead Reporter (circ. 18,000), a biweekly newspaper in Atlanta, in conjunction with an upcoming author event at the Auburn Avenue Research Library. To read the listing, click the following link:

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Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was featured on October 27, 2008 on HavanaJournal.com, an online media source featuring Cuba business, culture, politics and travel news. For more, please click the following link: http://havanajournal.com/politics/entry/pichon-book-illustrates-first-hand-account-of-cubas-revolution-and-racism/

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was noted on The-Dispatch.com (13,629 visitors per month), the Web site for The Dispatch, in conjunction with an upcoming author event in Winston-Salem, NC. To read the listing, click the following link:

http://events.the-dispatch.com/winstonsalem-nc/venues/show/1003047-special-occasions-bookstore

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was noted on NorthJersey.com (640,682 visitors per month), the Web site for the New Jersey Record, in conjunction with an upcoming author event in New York. Click the following link for more:

http://calendar.northjersey.com/new-york-ny/events/show/85243347-carlos-moore-on-tour-for-book-pichon-race-and-revolution-in-castros-cuba-a-memoir

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) is currently slated to be featured with author Q&A in the "Issues & Ideas" section in the November 17, 2008 issue of the Miami Herald (circ. 240,223). The feature will spotlight Pichón and Moore's appearance at the 2008 Miami Book Fair International.

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was noted on AccessAtlanta.com (385,000 visitors per month) in conjunction with an upcoming author event in Atlanta. Click the following link for more:

http://www.accessatlanta.com/event/events2/etc/userEventDisplay.jspd?eventStatus=Approved&eventid=198344

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) is currently slated to be included with cover image in the "new books" section of the November 2008 issue of African American Family (circ. 28,908).

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) was reviewed in the September 1, 2008 issue of Publishers Weekly (circ. 21,737). The complete review follows:

Pichón: Revolution and Racism in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir Carlos Moore, foreword by Maya Angelou. Lawrence Hill, $26.95 (400p)  

ISBN 978-1-55652-767-8

Moore's Jamaican parents immigrated to Cuba "in search of a better life," but the author's own search took him from Cuba, "where black skin and African features were despised," to the United States, where "Negroes were rich and famous and powerful," and on to peripatetic global travels. He was present at historic moments around the world but oddly, takes a lackadaisical approach (in February 1960, four black students "initiated what was thereafter called a sit-in... in March, the massacre of unarmed black protestors... in South Africa brought the term apartheid into my vocabulary"). Moore's prose is uncommonly bland and wooden, though startling images surface occasionally; details of his teenaged sexual obsession with white women ("the ultimate conquest for me") and details of his bureaucratic encounters are overdrawn. Moore's passion to reveal that "Castro's limitations on the questions of race were glaring from the start" is buried under too much self-absorption. According to Moore, Alex Haley told him, "It's one hell of a story.... You must write a book." Perhaps in Haley's hands, Moore's story might have gained the clarity of focus and freshness of voice it lacks. (Nov.)

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556527678) will be positively reviewed in the September 1, 2008 issue of Kirkus Reviews (circ. 5,000). They call it a "forthright, intimate look at the human toll of Cuba's 'beautiful dream.'" The complete review follows:

Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir
Author: Moore, Carlos

Review Date: SEPTEMBER 01, 2008
Publisher:Lawrence Hill Books/Chicago Review
Pages: 400
Price (hardback): $$26.95
Publication Date: 11/1/2008 0:00:00
ISBN: 978-1-55652-767-8
ISBN (hardback): 978-1-55652-767-8
Category: NONFICTION
Cuban-born political activist Moore recalls his impoverished pre-Castro childhood and subsequent years of exile for speaking out against the country's entrenched racism.

Born in the small sugar-mill town of Central LugareÜo in 1942, the author learned early about Cuba's brutal racist realities. In his multiethnic neighborhood, Criollos (native Cuban whites) were on top, followed by guajiros (poor white trash), then Negroes (native Cuban blacks) and Yuma (Jamaican, English-speaking blacks like his parents), with piti-piti (Haitians) at the bottom. Young Carlos was often called a pich~n, pejorative slang for the offspring of a buzzard that was later adopted by black Cubans as a term of empowerment. After his mother abandoned them, his father married an American who helped them emigrate to New York in 1958, just as President Batista's repressive regime was about to be toppled. Living in Bedford-Stuyvesant, 17-year-old Moore soon acquainted himself with bohemian ways and easy sex in Greenwich Village and communist politics in Harlem. Inspired by the civil-rights movement and the Black Muslims, he was one of 50 or so demonstrators who invaded the UN Security Council in 1961 to protest U.S. collusion in the assassination of his hero, deposed Congo President Patrice Lumumba. Initially indifferent to the revolution taking place in his homeland, Moore came to believe that Castro was ending racial discrimination in Cuba, and the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 prompted him to return to protect the new order. However, he soon observed that discrimination against blacks had not been eradicated, and he was jailed for his outspoken protests. For two decades he roamed the globe, embracing various revolutionary causes (hurriedly summarized here) until allowed in the late '90s to travel again to Cuba, where he was shocked and saddened by the harsh living conditions, deprivations and lack of real freedom.

Forthright, intimate look at the human toll of Cuba's "beautiful dream," marred by rather wooden prose.