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Finding Heart Through American Idol

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By Rebecca Francesca Reuter Puerto

I am watching American Idol intently this season. My heart has been captured by one of the contestants, Iam Tongi, a Hawaiian teenager living in Seattle because his family was “priced out of paradise.” His showstopper rendition of “The Sound of Silence” moved me to tears and silenced the audience.

How does he do it?

“To connect with the audience, sing from the heart,” the American Idol judges offer as advice to contestants.

The first version of my memoir about a ten-day trip to Cuba I took with my Cuban-born mother, read more like a travelogue than a heartfelt coming-of-age mother/daughter story. I captured details of the Cuban flag flying over the land it represented. Of the soldiers standing on the tarmac with semi-automatic rifles. Of what my mother and I said to each other and why our relationship was complicated.

This early draft of…

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Cuba uncovered #soscuba

Remember World War II? Remember Reeducation camps in the USA? Remember how truth was being twisted into a hoax? This is what Cuba has been for 62-years. This is what Cuba is today. Kidnapping teenagers who participated in the protests and sending them to reeducation camps. For those White, Liberals who support the Cuban revolution... Continue Reading →

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