Cuban American writer Tita Ramírez offers a landscape that intertwines the mother–daughter relationship, family secrets, love, and the stereotypes that shape our identities—all in dialogue with the telenovela Abismos de pasión. Tell It to Me Singing (Scribner, 2024) is the novel in which she tells the story of Mónica and her mother. The book began as a short story and grew into a novel that showcases the narrative talent of this writer based in the U.S. South. Her work has appeared in publications such as Literary Hub, The Normal School, and Black Warrior Review. We spoke with her in both English and Spanish as we prepared for our visit to North Carolina for a great panel at the Sheppard Library.