Synopses & Reviews
“In 1960 my father got into a rowboat from Havana, Cuba and rowed 90 miles to the United States to start his new life. By the time I got into seventh grade, I was telling my friends that my father saved all of his family, all of his friends, piled everyone into that boat and rowed everybody over to America. By the time I got into high school, I was telling my friends that my father stole five boats from Castros navy, saved all of his friends, all of his family, all of his first, second, third, fourth, and fifth cousins, everyone on his block, all of the pets, and everybody on his baseball team. He piled them into the boat. There was no room for him in the boat, so he tied those boats together with a big rope, put that rope around his shoulders and he swam everybody over to the United States. . .”
Born in Boston to a Cuban father and an Irish-American mother, Antonio Sacre is one of the few leprecanos on the national speaking circuit. Using his own personal history and telling the stories that audiences across the nation have found so captivating and wonderful, this award-winning storyteller and author weaves the Spanish language, Cuban and Mexican customs, and Irish humor into an unforgettable book of humor, inspiration, tradition, and family.
My Name is Cool is a classic story sure to transcend, like the author himself, cultures and boundaries.
Review
“Remarkable . . . a serious artist” —
The Village Voice
“Whereever Sacre goes, he leaves storytellers behind.” —Chicago Tribune
""standout stories . . . as funny as they are touching."" —Kirkus
Synopsis
Born in Boston to a Cuban father and an Irish-American mother, Antonio Sacre is one of the few leprecanos on the national speaking circuit. U sing his own personal history and telling the stories that audiences across the nation have found so captivating and wonderful, this award-winning storyteller and author weaves the Spanish language, Cuban and Mexican customs, and Irish humor into an unforgettable book of humor, inspiration, tradition, and family.
About the Author
Los Angeles, California
Table of Contents
Prologue
Swimming with Barracudas
Names
My Name is Cool
Food fight
The Country Mouse
Leprechauns Gold (first heard from Rives Collins)
Water Torture
Frijoles and Fans
What You Say
The Rabbit in the Moon
La Virgen de Guadalupe
La Llorona
Lake View High School
Faster than Sooner
How do you say Blueberry in Spanish
We Stand Together
Larry Sargeant
My Dad is the Man