Category Archives: Immigration

Down with the Poor! – Shumona Sinha, translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan 

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “…the same stories and the same bodies blended in my head, lost all definition and all form, became a dark and shapeless mass of giant bodies, that growled, shouted, demanded, cried, pleaded. Were they inventing … Continue reading

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Central Places – Delia Cai

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned Twenty-seven-year-old Audrey Zhou is leading a life most of us would be envious of. Living in New York City as a sales rep for a newspaper, she has many friends and is engaged to a … Continue reading

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Hotel Splendide – Ludwig Bemelmans

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned The comical 1941 out-of-print memoir of author and illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans (1898- 1962) has just been re-released by Puskin Press. Bemelmans would later write the Madeline children’s book series. However, this memoir covers his few … Continue reading

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American Refuge: True Stories of the Refugee Experience – Diya Abdo

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “When refugees leave, it is rarely, if ever, happy. And it is never something they choose to do. Their bodies, finding no other way to survive, split themselves from their souls, wave goodbye to them, … Continue reading

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Send Her Back and Other Stories -Munashe Kaseke

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned This collection will captivate you as soon as you start reading. “Send Her Back” is just one of twelve riveting tales centering around women who immigrated to the U.S. from Zimbabwe. In that specific title, … Continue reading

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The Lisbon Syndrome – Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles  (Translated from the Spanish by Paul Filev)

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “I feel a deep regret for encouraging them to dream, for reinforcing illusions that will lead nowhere, because they’re unattainable, because this county is finished. It stopped existing a long time ago. We are the … Continue reading

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Things I Have Withheld – Kei Miller

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…the place where I have always felt most comfortably gay is in Jamaica. In Jamaica, I know the language and the mannerisms of queerness. In Jamaica, I know how to dance. In Jamaica, I do not … Continue reading

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Here, Right Matters: An American Story – Alexander Vindman

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Regardless of any impact on the president, the domestic and foreign policy consequences, or personal costs, I had no choice but to report what I’d heard. That duty to report is a critical component of U.S. … Continue reading

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Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir – Rajiv Mohabir

(reviewed by JD Jung) “I wanted to stop hiding. I wanted to tell them that I was queer. Queer sexually, queer religiously, queer by caste, and queer countried.” Rajiv Mohabir never felt that he belonged. As a resident of Central … Continue reading

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The People of Ostrich Mountain- Ndirangu Githaiga

(reviewed by Ann Onymous ) This book takes its title from the view of Mt. Kilimanjaro from a distance. To some there appear to be ostriches up at the top but when we look closer, we each see different things. … Continue reading

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