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From a recent literary tour to meet Cuban writers, Jan Baross has produced "Ms. Baross Goes to Cuba". Aside from the delightful sketches and travel tips, she includes her experience of living with a Cuban family and witnessing their daily struggle to survive under the repressive regime. Ms. Baross says, "People asked me if I liked Cuba and I tell them the most beautiful thing about Cuba was the resilient family I got to know. Their hearts were beautiful." Many of her iconic Cuban images found their way into her "Cuba Coloring Book" for children to get to know Cuba.

FIRST PLACE FOR FICTION"Jose Builds a Woman"- first place for fiction. Urusla LeGuin says,"Let Baross take you on a wild ride through an extravagantly carnal Mexico of the imagination.A winner Mesmerizing Stunning Elegant Captivating Powerful Lush Magical realism that seduces the reader from beginning to end The most incredible love story imaginable.URSULA K. LE GUIN says: "What a romp Let Baross take you for a wild ride...through an extravagantly carnal Mexico of the imagination."JOSE BUILDS A WOMAN is a camel gallop through one of the most outrageous love stories ever told. The multi-layered saga revolves around a sensual outcast, Tortugina, the queen of bad love and Gabito, a jealous octopus diver. Tortugina's pursuit of a forbidden dream endangers everything: her life, Gabito's life, the life of her husband and her son, Jose, a boy obsessed with marrying a nun. Against all odds, through murder and extraordinary sexual encounters, Tortugina never abandons her dream.