My America Archives

At a time when people around the world travel great distances to be home with [...]

27
Dec

This week, we feature four more immigrant stories written by visitors to the newest temporary [...]

20
Dec

"My writing emerges from that borderland between many languages. Bengali, Italian, English. I draw on [...]

18
Dec

All the books featured in My America: Immigrant and Refugee Writers Today. We present our [...]

14
Dec

"I only belong in places I create. And that has been, I think, the most [...]

11
Dec

Historian Dominic A. Pacyga grew up on the South Side of Chicago in a working [...]

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07
Dec

This week we are showcasing four stories of immigration and migration. From a first generation [...]

06
Dec

I became a writer because I grew up with storytellers, oral storytellers. Some of them [...]

04
Dec

Rebecca Deng hasn’t had an easy life. Born in what is now South Sudan, her [...]

02
Dec

Every week, the AWM shares stories written by Museum visitors. This week, we feature immigration [...]

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22
Nov