In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd BOTY_2025 and Benny’s

and Benny’s

Are you still holding on to past sins

but it must be collected and refined

habitat and behaviour of these noble creatures

all I’ve ever wanted is to be loved by someone

In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd BOTY_2025 and Benny’sPushcart Prize winner Ana Menendez landed firmly in the literary landscape last year with the hardcover publication of In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd. Reviewers overwhelmingly agree that she is an important new voice in American fiction: hers is "a bright debut that points to even brighter accomplishments to come" (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times), a tour de force that is "poignant and varied, emotionally vivid and hauntingly melancholy" (San