Pablo Medina came to the United States from Cuba in 1960 at the age of twelve. He is the author of a memoir, Exiled Memories; the novels The Return of Felix Nogara and The Marks of Birth; and several volumes of poetry. He chairs the writing concentration at Eugene Lang College of New School University. Among his many honors are an award from the CINTAS Foundation and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund, and the Rockefeller Foundation.