This article was originally published in Maine Morning Star. There were two crates waiting for Valerie Smith, an elementary school librarian, when she arrived at the Sanford School Department’s ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In this achingly beautiful look at her relationship with her mother, Nguyen unpacks the toll of the ...
Restless Books’ Kellman Prize for Immigrant Literature, formerly the Prize for New Immigrant Writing, announced the finalists for the 10th iteration of the award at an event at Manhattan's Tenement ...
(NEW YORK) — Immigration can be a hot-button topic, something frequently discussed on cable news and splashed across the headlines. But to one enterprising young author, it’s also the perfect material ...
Saturday at the Woodrow Wilson Library in Falls Church dawns with trouble: A class in Microsoft Word is packed, and three of the seven terminals in the tech room are down. But when they arrive ...
Each month, the Columbia Public Library offers selections from its collection related to a current best-seller or hot topic. Library Associate Chris Siebeneck compiled this month’s selections. There ...
"I had dreamed of a better world and for this book to be in a different context, but here we are," Cristina Jiménez said during a book signing event at Vroman's Bookstore about her book being publised ...
This Mother's Day, many of us will also be thinking about our grandmothers, great-grandmothers and ancestors. The connection between grandmother and grandchild is at the heart of "Memory Garden," ...
Adults immigrate for myriad reasons, and often with gains for future generations in mind. But from a child’s perspective, immediate losses dominate. “All these choices are made for us—as refugees, as ...
Immigration can be a hot-button topic, something frequently discussed on cable news and splashed across the headlines. But to one enterprising young author, it's also the perfect material for a ...