Lunch and Learn: "Property of the Revolution" with Ana Hebra Flaster
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We continue our recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month with Ana Hebra Flaster, who joins Lunch and Learn to discuss her memoir, "Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town".
Lunch and Learn is a virtual series that runs on Tuesdays from 12 noon to 1 pm and is brought in partnership between the Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System.
About the Book:
In this sweeping, historical, yet intimate memoir, the author details her family’s transformation from pro-Castro revolutionaries in a scrappy Havana barrio to refugees in a New Hampshire mill town—a timeless and timely tale of loss and reinvention. She reveals how the strong-willed Latinas in her family wove stories of their beloved barrio and Cuba into daily life, creating a new origin story of triumph over communism and corruption. Property of the Revolution celebrates the resilience of the immigrant spirit as a whole, while honestly portraying the enormous challenges and complexities of cultural assimilation and identity formation, as well as illustrating how the journey of refugee-dom never truly ends.
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, "Property of the Revolution", her first book, has won first place in the: 2026 IBPA Book Awards (Memoir); 2025 Discovery Book Awards (Nonfiction overall); International Book Awards (Creative Nonfiction), and in the 2025 IAP Book Awards (Memoir of the Year). 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.
