Making a Scene brings together a riotous collection celebrating Cuban women’s short fiction. Distanced, by far, from the figure of the silenced woman artist of the region, the authors featured in this anthology indicate through a breadth of themes, styles, techniques and compelling storytelling, a crucial coming of age. The narratives range from moving accounts of old age, such as Aida Bahr’s ‘Not Quite Perfect’ (Imperfecciones) and Aymara Aymerich’s ‘The Woman, The Mirror and the Column’ (La mujer del espejo de la columna), to Ana Luz Garcia’s magical ‘The Guests’ (Los convidados). Several tales focus on the 1990s, a time usually referred to as Cuba’s Special Period.

The authors of this rich, robust and at times wryly humorous collection include Ester Díaz Llanillo, María Elena Llana, Rosa Ileana Boudet, Josefina de Diego, Marilyn Bobes, Mylene Fernández Pintado, Magaly Sanchez, Adelaida Fernández de Juan, Nancy Alonso, Ana Lidia Vega Serova, and Mirta Yáñez.