Virtual Author Talk with Ana Hebra Flaster

Name: Virtual Author Talk with Ana Hebra Flaster
Start: 2026-12-08T19:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-12-08T20:00:00.000Z
Location: US

Exile, Memory, and the Meaning of Home: A Conversation with Ana Hebra Flaster

What happens when the country you love forces you out, leaving you just 48 hours to abandon everything you’ve ever known? Join us for an extraordinary online conversation with author and essayist Ana Hebra Flaster as we discuss her sweeping yet deeply intimate memoir, Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town.

This is a virtual event. Click on the link below to register, submit your questions for the author, and receive your unique link to join the discussion: https://libraryc.org/sunprairie/225109.

Thank you to the Friends of the Sun Prairie Public Library for supporting this event!

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About the Author:

Ana Hebra Flaster is journalist and the author of Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town, published in April 2025 (She Writes Press, Simon and Schuster distribution). A former child-refugee from Cuba, Ana’s work has appeared in national print and online media, including: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe. Her commentaries and storytelling have aired on NPR’s All Things Considered and PBS’s Stories from the Stage. Since its publication in April 2025, Property of the Revolution has won first place in several international writing contests, including: 2026 IBPA Book Awards (Memoir); 2025 Discovery Book Awards (Nonfiction overall); 2025 International Book Awards (Creative Nonfiction), and the 2025 IAP Book Awards (Memoir of the Year). The memoir was selected as the Nashua, New Hampshire, 2026 All-City Read and the Rivier University 2025 First-Year Read. Ana speaks regularly with student, library, and civic groups about her family’s journey and the refugee and immigrant experience. She is currently focused on covering the struggle for democracy and human rights in Cuba in her weekly Substack, CubaCurious, a project she launched in July 2024.

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