In Cuba I was a German Shepherd

Disclaimer: This review is about the short story, not the book as a whole

        Ana Menendez's short story, In Cuba I was a German Shepherd views a meetup between four men in the park of Little Havana in Miami. They are all older men, two of whom lived in Cuba during the revolution. They discuss many reasons why they do not feel quite right in their current home of Miami. Little Havana is an accurate mimic of a neighborhood in Cuba. They feel mostly at home, but there are always the tour buses that come and speak of Cuban culture and how many of these people are Cuban exiles. There is a rather comedic scene where one of the characters runs after the tour bus yelling curses. The title of this story is significant because when they refer to feeling out of place in America, one of the characters tells a story about a dog who comes to Cuba from America and is misunderstood. Overall, this was a great story. The profanity could have been a bit less, but it was not completely overwhelming. It was fun to follow the lives of these men who do not feel that they are correctly understood in America.