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Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner
Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner

A reflection from an immigrant's perspective on life and culture, language and writing from a non-native speaker's point of view.

2021

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Mario López-Goicoechea
Mario López-Goicoechea

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Writers’ Blokke

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Why I Wrote “Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner”

My book is a call to strengthen the bonds that unite us — Published by Austin Macauley, supported by an Arts Council England grant and with photographs by the excellent Deborah Jaffe, my first book, “Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner” hits the shelves this week. Somewhere towards the end of my book, I write “This is what writing from an EAL immigrant’s perspective represents…

Writing

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Why I Wrote “Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner”
Why I Wrote “Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner”
Writing

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Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

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Reclaiming Our Bodies, Minds, and Souls

What happens when we get an invoice for the damage we do to ourselves? — Aged five I had my first real encounter with the much-praised health system in Cuba. My parents rushed me to A&E one night after I complained of having a sharp pain in my stomach. I was discharged the same night. The physician who saw me said I had “nothing more…

Know Thyself Heal Thyself

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Reclaiming Our Bodies, Minds, and Souls
Reclaiming Our Bodies, Minds, and Souls
Know Thyself Heal Thyself

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The Shortform

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How to Be a Good Writer (According to Zadie Smith)

Practical, no-nonsense, and achievable tips — Inspiration for a writer is key to developing new ideas. Also key is keeping our perspiration to a minimum. Joking aside, when I write I seek spiritual and mental stimulation from a variety of sources such as: fiction and nonfiction, the natural world, and interactions with other people. One of…

Writing

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How to Be a Good Writer (According to Zadie Smith)
How to Be a Good Writer (According to Zadie Smith)
Writing

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Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

·23 hours ago

Why the Oldies Still Got It

What we can learn from ancient wisdom — In our fast-paced, adrenaline-driven, modern life, we sometimes forget that many of the tenets, institutions and ways of thinking we hold dear nowadays have their roots in centuries-, or even millennia-old philosophies. Myth, past, and reality don’t just symbolize a fag-hanging-from-mouth, retirement-overdue, Keith Richards, but also stories that have become…

Know Thyself Heal Thyself

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Why the Oldies Still Got It
Why the Oldies Still Got It
Know Thyself Heal Thyself

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Full Frame

·4 days ago

Shooting London

An urban juxtaposition in London’s East End — As an amateur street photographer I follow the Texas Rangers motto, “Shoot first, ask questions later”. If I come across an urban scene that’s telling me a story but I can’t quite figure out what that story is at first sight, I’ll still press ‘click’. …

Full Frame

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Shooting London
Shooting London
Full Frame

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One Table, One World

·6 days ago

Meals on (Two) Wheels

Venus Cafe, Florentia Clothing Village, Tottenham —

Food

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Meals on (Two) Wheels
Meals on (Two) Wheels
Food

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The Daily Cuppa

·May 28

Urban Diary

A heron does a De Niro in Finsbury Park You talkin’ to me? The long-beaked bird seemed to be impersonating Travis Bickle’s famous line. I couldn’t blame it. There we were: two cycling instructors and a bunch of giggling primary school children on bikes and yellow tabards. We’d just come…

The Daily Cuppa

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Urban Diary
Urban Diary
The Daily Cuppa

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Full Frame

·May 26

Shooting London

Is it time to stop looking upwards? —

Photography

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Shooting London
Shooting London
Photography

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One Table, One World

·May 23

Meals on (Two) Wheels

Gail’s Bakery, Highgate —

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Meals on (Two) Wheels
Meals on (Two) Wheels

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Heart Revolution

·May 21

Urban Diary

A silent film that gives a voice to the voiceless — The camera zooms in from the suburbs to the centre. To the sound of birdsong we’re treated to an aerial view of London’s pastoral outskirts. The one of manicured fields and golf courses. …

Heart Revolution

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Urban Diary
Urban Diary
Heart Revolution

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Mario López-Goicoechea

Mario López-Goicoechea

7.9K Followers

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London-based, Cuban writer. Author of “Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner” https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6886/9781528994293 https://acubaninlondon.medium.com/membership

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