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Becoming American in the Age of Trump

  • Ofelia Montelongo
  • December 13, 2021
How does one come to feel American in the eyes of others?
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The Fine Line Between Nihilism and Hope: Talking with Ahmed Naji

  • Madelyn Reese
  • December 28, 2020
Ahmed Naji discusses his new memoir, ROTTEN EVIDENCE.
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The Joypain of Parenting: Lydia Kiesling’s The Golden State

  • Kyle Winkler
  • April 29, 2020
This is both the exercise and exorcism of motherhood.
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Both Past and Present: A Conversation with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

  • Jessica Wilbanks
  • January 6, 2020
Poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo discusses his debut memoir, CHILDREN OF THE LAND.
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Barrel of Love, an Immigrant Story

  • Nicole Dennis-Benn
  • May 13, 2019
Before the arrival of the barrel, there was the sky.
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Natural Born Drivers

  • A. Sandosharaj
  • November 4, 2016
He only knew that the Blazer, like the green card, was something he wanted my brother and me to have, so that we knew we deserved things, things like America.
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Plankton (A Body of Stars)

  • Charlotte O'Brien
  • February 5, 2016
Plankton either grows into something other than plankton—a strong swimming non-planktonic adult, like a crab or a fish, or it stays the same—forever drifting with the shifting tides.
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