Migrations
The Language of Plants Was Shaped By a Colonial Past
The more elaborate my mother’s garden grew, the more elided was the strenuousness of her efforts.
Austria Is Offering Citizenship to Descendants of Jews Exiled During Nazi Occupation. Is That Enough?
This right to return offered to Jews makes me think about who is entitled to join Europe and who is not.
Finding Warmth and Welcome as an Immigrant in Iceland
If I approached my immigration experience the same way people approach a start-up, maybe I could optimize the amount of time it took me to integrate.
My Parents’ Country Doesn’t Exist. I Moved There Anyway.
I was enjoying what exists of this place today—be it Croatia or Yugoslavia—without the need for comparison.
Before You Leave for Bulgaria
My husband’s grandfather wrote an immigration guide called “Before You Leave for America.” We could have used one in reverse—for moving to Bulgaria.
Immigrating From Yugoslavia Was a Struggle and a Privilege—Both Can Be True
As her family saw it, my mother’s life in London was one of comfort. But she also struggled. Both of these things were true.
For Me, “Home” Is Never Present—Only Ever in the Past
Though no place is home upon arrival, I make it my home by the time I leave.
In 1990; Butler, Pennsylvania
Time amplifies division; I fear that we’re never going to be a big family again, that my newborn son will never consider his cousins to be siblings like I did.
Finding Home in Ten Days in Goiânia, Brazil
At home, in Goiânia, I didn’t have to be Brazilian; I could just be me.
Searching for My Parallel Life in Vietnam
What might have happened if we had stayed?