Ruth Behar shares her experiences of crossing cultural borders through her work as a writer, editor, ethnographer, and documentary filmmaker. A recipient of the MacArthur Foundation "genius" award, as well as a John Simon Guggenheim award, her books include Translated Woman: Crossing the Border with Esperanza's Story and The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart. She has also translated the works of Cuban women poets and had a collection of her own poems produced by the Cuban publishing cooperative, Ediciones Vigia. Ruth Behar is a Professor of anthropology at the Universtiy of Michigan: http://www.umich.edu/~rbehar/