There are immigrant stories, and then there are stories within immigrant stories. Often, these tales-inside-tales involve the transition of women from a traditional role to an “American” one, and all the attendant cultural strife,... Read More

Any biologist will tell you that a species cannot survive, long-term, in a monoculture. New, fresh genetic material is necessary to make it robust and able to fend off disease, bad weather, or genetic mutation. It’s why we don’t... Read More

Ilan StavansRestless Books Publisher Ilan Stavans, writing in Foreword Reviews, recently addressed the danger of a literary monoculture posed by reliance on only a few large, corporate publishers: Stavans wrote:“The act—and art—of... Read More

Ann Arbor is gray and drizzly for Deepak Unnikrishnan’s first visit. Fresh from stops on both coasts, the New York/Abu Dhabi-based writer asks the timezone and sets his watch as we sit down. His first book, Temporary People, was... Read More

When you picture an immigrant, what is in your mind? Do you see a wall being stacked brick by brick between you and another country? Do you see the Mayflower, sailing over to find religious refuge? Do you see your parents or grandparents... Read More

Immigrant: a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. America has been a place of immigrants longer than it has been the United States of America. Immigrants were on the Mayflower. Immigrants built new lives here and... Read More

The immigrant’s story is often one of hardship and struggle. New customs and new expectations make their new life difficult, but the promise of a better life is the ultimate reward. Travel from one country to the next with these people... Read More