Eduardo Santiago will be reading and signing his new book at 2pm Saturday August 12. Children are welcome.

Tomorrow They Will Kiss is featured in the July issue of Delta Sky magazine. There is a brief article, as well as an excerpt.

Denver’s Rocky Mountain News names Tomorrow They Will Kiss among top ten overlooked gems.

The Smile of the Crocodile

They finally found Chucho, in Coral Gables, decomposing in his car. Neighbors first noticed birds, graceful white vultures circling above their houses, silent as spirits, against the powder-blue Miami sky…

This Magic Moment

See, I’m not just another prostitute. What happened with Rodney King was personal. It was special. He knows it and I know it. Sometimes you feel something. But the Cubans, they would never understand that…

Thanks to friends and fans, Tomorrow They Will Kiss tops the bestseller list for the year 2006 at Skylight Books.

A WRITER ABROAD…it’s every writer’s dream to get away from it all, explore new horizons, meet all sorts of different people from all walks of life. Sometimes dreams come true. It took me three months to travel around the world, but a simple click will get you there…one - two - three!

Shortly before my mother died, I was moved to write this piece. It was such a crazy time, I’m amazed I had the clarity to write anything at all. The good people at Slow Trains immediately agreed to publish it.

Excerpt:

“This is not material,” I tell myself as I lean in to kiss her. “This is your mother.” But it is material. Like the brainwashed assassin who can’t help but kill, I have been trained to write.

Maria Moreno de Santiago 1937 - 2007.