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Benjamin Mauk

March 21, 2023

“The Fugitive World” (Nonfiction), Berlin, Germany “I hope my book helps raise awareness of the rights of communities living outside the administrative state, including the right to ... [Read More]

Francisco González

March 21, 2023

“Last Time I Checked, This Was Still America” (Linked Story Collection), Palo Alto, CA Francisco González’s fiction appears in Gulf Coast, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, The Southern Review, ZYZZYVA, ... [Read More]

Jason Prokowiew

March 21, 2023

“War Boys: A Father and Son Memoir” (Memoir), Wales, MA “If War Boys meets its potential it will be an anti-war- anti-displacement rallying call.” I’m the author of War Boys: a Father and Son ... [Read More]

Jennifer De Leon

March 21, 2023

“FALSE LIGHT” (YA Historical Novel), Southborough, MA “My hope is that readers can make connections between the current wave of Central American immigration and its many root causes, all through the ... [Read More]

Jessica Mollo

March 21, 2023

“Suture” (Stage Play), Brooklyn, NY “I hope to bring awareness to human trafficking and its intersection with vulnerable groups such as refugees to ultimately catalyze social and political ... [Read More]

Joanna Hong

March 21, 2023

“Mother Tongue” (Novel), Santa Monica, CA “I hope that my work can ask difficult questions and plant seeds of genuine empathy for the forgotten or marginalized.” Joanna Hong was born in Los ... [Read More]

Lauren Markham

March 21, 2023

“A Map of Future Ruins: Excavating a Bordered World” (Nonfiction), Berkeley, CA “To grapple with the violence of borders, connect the dots between nationalism and exclusion, and look directly at the ... [Read More]

Ledia Xhoga

March 21, 2023

“Misinterpretation” (Literary Novel), Brooklyn, NY “To humanize “the other”. To build a bridge instead of a wall. To offer a glimpse into Albanian culture and history.” I am a fiction writer and ... [Read More]

Meghana Mysore

March 21, 2023

“A Canopy of Branches” (Fiction), Lake Oswego, OR “I aim to inspire connection and recognition in the reader through complicating the portraits of Indian Americans in literature and portraying ... [Read More]

Molly O’Toole

March 21, 2023

“THE ROUTE The untold story of the new migrant underground” (Nonfiction), Washington DC “I hope this work forces readers to see migrants as human; prompts accountability for corrupt actors profiting ... [Read More]

Nastaran Ahmadi

March 21, 2023

“Can't Stay. Can't Stay. Won't Go.” (Screenplay), Brooklyn, NY “To explore the complexities of familial dynamics in a dangerous, complicated world, blending fact and fiction to deliver an honest ... [Read More]

Patrick Strickland

March 21, 2023

“When the Knives Came Out: Greece's Far Right, Migration, and Resilience” (Nonfiction), Forney, TX "Raise awareness about the risks refugees and migrants reaching Europe routinely endure, from what ... [Read More]

Sofi Stambo

March 21, 2023

“All In” (Novel), Brooklyn, NY “I hope to give voice to so many who are afraid to share their stories or prefer to continue to be invisible, because that's all you get with no language, papers and ... [Read More]

Seth Berkman

March 21, 2023

“Piners and Prophets: One American Town’s Radical Transformation” (Nonfiction), New York, New York What is the impact you hope your work makes?  “For readers, lawmakers, and educators to ... [Read More]

Summer Awad

March 21, 2023

“No English, Swahili” (Creative Nonfiction), Ames, IA “I hope my work helps Americans re-envision our broken refugee resettlement system by centering the humanity, dignity, and autonomy of our ... [Read More]

Alessandro Romero

March 21, 2023

 “Our Little Manila” (Story Collection), NY, NY “I hope to do my part in ensuring that queer immigrant stories go out into the world––to help pave reparative paths and new possibilities for my ... [Read More]

Vanessa Hua

March 21, 2023

“El Nido” (Novel), San Francisco Bay Area, CA “I’ve always tried to illuminate untold stories, hoping to inspire a change in thinking and a change in action, and to bridge divides.” Vanessa Hua is ... [Read More]

Yilin Wang

March 21, 2023

“A Sichuan Diaspora Daughter's Kitchen” (Poetry), Vancouver, BC “I hope that my project will spark more inter-community conversations about Sino diaspora immigration experiences and encourage more ... [Read More]

Svetlana Satchkova

July 20, 2022

Teeth (novel) Brooklyn  NY Teeth is a family drama that evokes the upside-down, post-truth climate of Putin’s Russia, where it’s almost impossible to decipher fact from fabrication. With this ... [Read More]

S.B. Ryther

July 20, 2022

Wesley and the Exceptional Love (novel)  Minneapolis, MN Wesley and the Exceptional Love, a series of four linked novellas, braids together family histories of migration and immigration to Minnesota ... [Read More]

Sarah James

July 20, 2022

Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen (novel)  Los Angeles, CA 1943, Los Angeles. When Hollywood’s most feared critic is found dead at the Hollywood Canteen in an apparent suicide, writer Annie ... [Read More]

Nishant Batsha

July 20, 2022

A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart (novel)  Buffalo, NY A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart follows an Indian revolutionary and white American student who unexpectedly fall in love in 1917 Palo Alto. The ... [Read More]

Nick Gardner

July 20, 2022

Cass, A Psychedelic Anti-Western (novel)  Washington, DC "Cass: A Psychedelic Anti-Western is a dystopian novel that questions mythology, conspiracy theories, cults, gender, and belief all within a ... [Read More]

MM DeVoe

July 20, 2022

Only Child (novel)  NY, NY Only Child is a clever, fun-to-read novel set in a near future where stay-at-home parenthood is a paid, full-time career with vacations and training… …blissful until you ... [Read More]

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