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 [...]

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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My America: Yiyun Li

Each week, the My America blog series introduces you to one of the writers featured in our [...]

My America: Laila Lalami

"I would define being an American as believing in an idea, and the idea is [...]

My America: R.O. Kwon

I didn’t start reading Korean American writers until after college, and the first ones I [...]

My America: Joe Ide

Each week, the My America blog series introduces you to one of the writers featured in our [...]

In Their Own Words: Layla Saad

In the summer of 2018, globally-respected writer, speaker and podcast host Layla Saad ran a [...]

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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“But Where Are You Really From?”

Bestselling author Julissa Arce discusses the trials and importance of writing about and for Latinx [...]

My America: Reyna Grande

For me, writing was an act of survival because it got me through all those [...]