Featured Interview With Barbara Caver
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in South Carolina and I now live in New York City after moving for college to become a filmmaker. Specifically I live in Jackson Heights, part of the borough of Queens, which is supposed to be the most diverse neighborhood in the United States. I have one very large devil’s ivy plant named Twee.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My fascination with books started shortly before I could read. My father says that when I was around three years old, he would read me the same storybook every night before bed until I had the book memorized. He was able to fool my grandmother into thinking I could read with some well-timed page turns! I started writing stories very early too as assignments in elementary school. When I was nine, I started keeping a journal and skipped recess with my best friend to write stories.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite genres are memoir, literary fiction, and speculative fiction/fantasy, and my favorite authors are their own pantheon. Sue Monk Kidd, Willa Cather, Mark Twain, Phillip Pullman, Madeleine L’Engle, Dani Shapiro, Beth Kephart, Elizabeth Acevedo, Alice McDermott, Laura Hillenbrand, Susanna Kearsley… I could go on. I love discovering new authors and my contemporary author-colleagues.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
A Little Piece of Cuba: A Journey to Become Cubana-Americana is my debut, and it chronicles my journey to connect with my Cuban heritage after a five day trip to Havana. I grew up without a good understanding of what it meant to be Cuban, and I was always curious about it. As soon as I arrived at the airport in Havana, I didn’t feel like I was visiting a foreign country; I felt like I was coming home. I wanted to explore that connection, to mine my own memories and experiences, and to define for myself what it meant to be Cuban. For me, the journey was internal and almost mystical, and I realize now that many people feel a connection to a place that they can’t quite put their finger on.It turns out that I am and have always been more Cuban than I thought.
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