The Jewish Book Council has selected Hotel Cuba as their January fiction pick for book clubs. The book was also reviewed (glowingly!) on their website. Check it out!
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Hotel Cuba featured in conversation with author Lauren Grodstein in Bomb Magazine
Read this conversation with Aaron and author Lauren Grodstein about their novels Hotel Cuba and We Must Not Think of Ourselves in Bomb Magazine!
Hotel Cuba Interview highlighted on NPR
The staff of All Things Considered highlights their most memorable stories from 2023, which includes an interview with Aaron Hamburger about Hotel Cuba.
Hotel Cuba, 1 of 5 Hot Books @ The National Book Review
The National Book Review named Hotel Cuba as one of its 5 Hot Books, praising it as “resonant and rich” and an “empathic, satisfying saga.” Read the full mention here.
Hotel Cuba goes into a second printing!
Thank you to everyone who bought, read, and supported this novel. More copies are making their way into the world. I appreciate all the wonderful messages people have sent me as well as the love they’ve expressed online.
Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize
Aaron was awarded the 2023 Jim Duggins PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize by Lambda Literary. Judge Silas House wrote: “Throughout his career Aaron Hamburger has published beautifully written novels, short stories, essays, and journalism, and other kinds of writing that has always been craft-centered and language-driven while also expanding and complexifying notions of LGBTQ life. […]
Interview in Times of Israel with Novelist Avner Landes
Check out this beautiful interview that appeared in Times of Israel. Thank you, Avner Landes, for asking such great questions!
Hotel Cuba featured on NPR’s Book of the Day
So grateful to NPR for featuring Hotel Cuba on NPR’s Book of the Day! https://www.npr.org/2023/05/10/1175353515/two-books-look-back-on-family-histories-and-secrets
Hotel Cuba Featured on NPR’s All Things Considered
Aaron speaks with Sacha Pfeiffer about Hotel Cuba for NPR’s All Things Considered. Click here to hear the conversation.
Hotel Cuba in LitHub: Solving a Mystery
Read this new piece about solving a family mystery through fiction, the true story that inspired Hotel Cuba, in LitHub.