== Bibliography ===== Major works ===*"Our House in the Last World" (1983)*"The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" (1989)*"The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien" (1993)*"Mr. Ives' Christmas" (1995)*"Empress of the Splendid Season" (1999)*"A Simple Habana Melody (from when the world was good)" (2002)*"Dark Dude" (2008)*"Beautiful Maria of My Soul" (2010)*"Thoughts Without Cigarettes: A Memoir" (2011)=== Contributions ===* Preface, "Iguana Dreams: New Latino Fiction", edited by Delia Poey and Virgil Suarez.
* "Our House in the Last World" (1983)* "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" (1989)* "The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O’Brien" (1993)* "Mr. Ives' Christmas" (1995)* "Empress of the Splendid Season" (1999)* "A Simple Habana Melody (from when the world was good)" (2002)* "Dark Dude" (2008)* "Beautiful Maria of my Soul" (2010)* "Thoughts Without Cigarettes: A Memoir" (2011)* 1990: Путлицеровская премия 1990 за роман «Короли мамбо играют песни любви».