I met Rebe Huntman last year when we were both in Ohio for the Youngstown Fall Literary Festival. In the months that followed, I read her debut memoir My Mother in Havana, about a fateful trip Huntman made to Cuba. Throughout the book, Huntman asks big questions about belief, mortality, and human connection; throw in an unconventional structure and you have a deeply compelling read. I spoke with Huntman about her book’s origin, her connection to Cuba, and how her experience in other creative fields informed her memoir.