Category Archives: My America
My America: Juan Martinez
Each week, the My America blog series introduces you to one of the writers featured in our [...]
Mar
My America: Erika L. Sánchez
The way Mexicans tell stories, the way they find humor in the most difficult circumstances...I [...]
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Feb
My America: Yiyun Li
Each week, the My America blog series introduces you to one of the writers featured in our [...]
Feb
My America: Laila Lalami
"I would define being an American as believing in an idea, and the idea is [...]
Feb
My America: R.O. Kwon
I didn’t start reading Korean American writers until after college, and the first ones I [...]
Feb
My America: Joe Ide
Each week, the My America blog series introduces you to one of the writers featured in our [...]
Jan
In Their Own Words: Layla Saad
In the summer of 2018, globally-respected writer, speaker and podcast host Layla Saad ran a [...]
Jan
My America: Laila Halaby
"After 9/11 people wanted to understand, like, what are Arabs? Or they didn’t want to [...]
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Jan
“But Where Are You Really From?”
Bestselling author Julissa Arce discusses the trials and importance of writing about and for Latinx [...]
Jan
My America: Reyna Grande
For me, writing was an act of survival because it got me through all those [...]
Jan