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“A Seussian, unfiltered take on the fabled origins of the cultural contradiction that is Miami. Pepito meets Paul Bunyan. Hilariously poignant but biting critique of the frustration of living in present day Miami and why things are why they are.”
Louis Aguirre

Emmy-Winning Journalist and Environmentalist

“Every great city deserves a great foundational myth. Miami wants to be a great city but this collection of stories leaves nothing to be desired. It’s hilarious, raunchy, and uplifting.”
Mario Ariza

Author of Disposable City

“This book is for you if you can see Miami as what we are and what we can be, and if yours is a seriously silly sense of humor. Andrew Otazo loves and knows Miami—wackiness to wisdom. He writes very well.”
David Lawrence Jr.

Retired Publisher of the Miami Herald and Chair of The Children’s Movement of Florida

“[A] cultural icon.”
“It takes readers on a bilingual, psychedelic, eco-conscious odyssey.”
Alexander Gonzalez

NPR

“Out of this world... The Miami Creation Myth is filled with laughs and vivid visuals.”
Lance Dixon

The New Tropic

“While Otazo celebrates Miami with humor, he also takes on more serious issues facing our community.”
David Winker

The Islander

“Really fun! You have to check it out!”
Amanda Plasencia

NBC

“[Otazo] captured what it means to live in Miami... Genius. Whimsical, out there, and hilarious.”
“Otazo looks to explore [Miami]... with warmth and heart while not shying away from the community’s darker side.”
Kelly Josephsen

The Islander

“¿Tú quieres ser un autor? Eso es una estupidez.”
Óscar Otazo

Andrew Otazo’s abuelo

“Fill up on pump number five.”
Andrew Otazo

Writer of this book

“Your card is over-drafted.”
Gas station attendant

 

“Fuck.”
Andrew Otazo

Writer of this book

“Did you really have to write the sun and moon story?”
Cruz Hernández Otazo

Andrew Otazo’s mother

“A Seussian, unfiltered take on the fabled origins of the cultural contradiction that is Miami. Pepito meets Paul Bunyan. Hilariously poignant but biting critique of the frustration of living in present day Miami and why things are why they are.”

Louis Aguirre

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist and Environmentalist

“Every great city deserves a great foundational myth. Miami wants to be a great city but this collection of stories leaves nothing to be desired. It’s hilarious, raunchy, and uplifting.”

Mario Ariza

Author of Disposable City

“This book is for you if you can see Miami as what we are and what we can be, and if yours is a seriously silly sense of humor. Andrew Otazo loves and knows Miami—wackiness to wisdom. He writes very well.”

David Lawrence Jr.

Retired Publisher of the Miami Herald and Chair of The Children’s Movement of Florida

“It takes readers on a bilingual, psychedelic, eco-conscious odyssey.”

Alexander Gonzalez

NPR

“Out of this world… The Miami Creation Myth is filled with laughs and vivid visuals.”

Lance Dixon

The New Tropic

“While Otazo celebrates Miami with humor, he also takes on more serious issues facing our community.”

David Winker

The Islander

a culturo-cosmic adventure

Just as the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and Norse had their gods, villains, and heroes, Miami now has a legendary saga based on the hyperbolic surrealism that is living in South Florida. You will be introduced to a wholly unique universe with its own, often absurd, deities and norms—much like the city from which it’s inspired, and journey from the beginning of the universe, when Pachango the Creator first awoke on his divine pin pan pun, to when the cubanos and their fellow Latinics quite literally tumbled out of the waves and onto Miami’s shores. Along the way, you’ll learn answers to deep existential questions, such as: Where do croquetas come from? Who is the god of chisme? And why is everyone late to everything?

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