Archive - Immigrant Strong by Vesna Jaksic Lowe

Immigrant Strong: October 2024

My reading on Sunday, plus essays on finding home in Rome, American identity, and loneliness

Oct 25 •

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September 2024

Immigrant Strong: September 2024

A family car ride, writing between two worlds, and teaching Arabic literature

Sep 24 •

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August 2024

Immigrant Strong: August 2024

On Palestinian happiness, a picnic, and a Croatian woman's journey

Aug 22 •

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July 2024

Immigrant Strong: July 2024

Reflections on Kenyon; and writing about whales, cucumber salad, and motherhood

Jul 26 •

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June 2024

Immigrant Strong: June 2024 Issue

On acts of language, coming out, and lychee

Jun 26 •

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May 2024

Immigrant Strong: May 2024 Issue

We're 5 years old! On immigrants' mental health, language attrition, and love poems

May 28 •

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April 2024

Immigrant Strong: April 2024 Issue

On reclaiming one's language, women adrift, and two Vietnams

Apr 29 •

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March 2024

Immigrant Strong: March 2024 Issue

My upcoming class, and essays on yearning, mixed families, and defying classification

Mar 22 •

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February 2024

Immigrant Strong: February 2024 Issue

On flying solo, making art in the diaspora, and fiction and societies' fabric

Feb 23 •

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January 2024

Immigrant Strong: January 2024 Issue

On ghosts, witnessing, and affection

Jan 23 •

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December 2023

Immigrant Strong: December 2023 Issue

On literature's role in fighting genocide; Christmas as a social tool, and speculative fiction

Dec 22, 2023 •

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November 2023

Immigrant Strong: November 2023 Issue

On growing up Rastafari, a prayer for Gaza, and cultural appropriation

Nov 22, 2023 •

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