Episode 372: Mirta Ojito Remembers the Past: Identity, Family, and Migration
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review contributor Kimberly Lau interviews Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and novelist Mirta Ojito about her novel DEEPER THAN THE OCEAN.
In the interview, Lau and Ojito discuss the book’s dual narrative and its inspiration: the 1919 sinking of the Valbanera, a Spanish ship carrying hundreds of immigrants to the Americas that was lost at sea during a hurricane, with no survivors. The conversation explores how this tragedy help shape a story about migration, inherited trauma, memory, and family history.
Mirta Ojito is a Cuban-born journalist…
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