Tag Archives: immigrants

Great Again – Bill Day

Posted on August 11, 2025 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Ex-Marine Jack O’Mally is divorced and estranged from his adult daughter. He just can’t accept that she is married to a black musician and living in California. Jack is captain of his New Jersey neighborhood watch, … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration, Political fiction, World Issues | Tagged El Salvador, immigrants, racism, undocumented, Xenophobia | Comments Off

An UnderratedRead Revisited: Selamlik – Khaled Alesmael (translated from the Arabic by Leri Price)

Posted on August 1, 2025 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I am so glad I was born in Syria and get to be young in Damascus, no matter the fear and danger. I love Damascus even if she is cruel to me.” Our narrator Furat lives … Continue reading →

Posted in Revisited | Tagged homoerotic, immigrants, LGBTQ, refugees, Religion, Sweden, Syria, Syrian civil war | Comments Off

An UnderratedRead Revisited: Central Places – Delia Cai

Posted on June 27, 2025 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) 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 →

Posted in Revisited | Tagged immigrants, New York City, relationships | Comments Off

An UnderratedRead Revisited: Wait- Gabriella Burnham

Posted on December 17, 2024 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “They threw me out of the country like I was a nothing.” Wait delves into the intricate layers of family, identity, and the harsh realities faced by undocumented immigrants in the United States. Through the … Continue reading →

Posted in Revisited | Tagged Brazil, class, immigrants, United States | Comments Off

From Savagery – Alejandra Banca, Katie Brown (Translator)

Posted on September 14, 2024 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Being a migrant means feeding yourself on loss, on what could have been, the infinite possible nuances of that history which will forever remain hidden but present.” Seven million Venezuelan’s left their country since the mid-2010s … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration, Latin American Literature, Short stories, World Issues | Tagged Barcelona, class, immigrants, political history, refugees, Venezuela | Comments Off

An UnderratedRead Revisited: Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir – Rajiv Mohabir

Posted on June 13, 2023 by J D Jung

(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 →

Posted in Revisited | Tagged class, culture, Guyanese, immigrants, immigration, India, LGBTQ, political activism, race, sexuality | Comments Off

Central Places – Delia Cai

Posted on January 30, 2023 by J D Jung

Posted in Immigration, Modern Literary Fiction | Tagged immigrants, relationships | Comments Off

An UnderratedRead Revisited: Stone Baby: Stories – Michelle Sacks

Posted on July 15, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) An exceptional read from our review series on Immigration “… the rest of the continent kept pouring in, sure of nothing but the fact that this pitiful life, this half-life with no jobs, no home, no … Continue reading →

Posted in Revisited | Tagged immigrants, south Africa | Comments Off

Stone Baby: Stories – Michelle Sacks

Posted on January 7, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “… the rest of the continent kept pouring in, sure of nothing but the fact that this pitiful life, this half-life with no jobs, no home, no money, would still be better than before, better than … Continue reading →

Posted in African Literature, Immigration, Reviewers' Top Picks, Short stories, World Literature | Tagged drug addiction, immigrants, short stories, south Africa | Comments Off