Mirtha Quintanales was a Cuban lesbian feminist, writer, and a professor at

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. Her short writing piece "I come with no Illusions" was featured in the feminist anthology ''

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''.

Early life

Born in Cuba in 1948, Mirtha Natacha Quintanales

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to the United States from

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at the age of 13 on April 2, 1962. She passed away in November 2022.

Bibliography

* ''

'' (1981) * ''Telling to Live'' (2001)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quintanales, Mirtha Lesbian feminists Cuban non-fiction writers Cuban women writers Cuban lesbian writers