uban-American writer Vanessa Garcia is a literal tour de force. Everything she touches becomes something bigger than its original implication. I know because meeting her gave me the impetus I needed to sign with the same small press where she published her debut novel. Being around her is like sitting in the eye of a storm of projects, all of which are experiencing their own moments of movement: her immersive experience, Amparo, ran in Miami to great acclaim before moving onto Instagram; her posts about Cuban independence have been lighting up her social media feeds, and her latest), due out from Cardinal Rule Press in October. Even after signing with Cardinal Rule, Garcia wasn’t done; she convinced her publisher to change paper suppliers in order to avoid doing business with China, which has come under fire for human rights violations.
