Real Americans

Dec 10, 2024 | gardenandgun.com | CJ Lotz |Helen Bradshaw |Anne Byrn |Real Americans

You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, edited by Ada LimónThe book I went back to again and again this year is You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World. Edited by Ada Limón, the book’s fifty poems take the reader on a wild and meditative jaunt through the landscape of our world and lives.

Nov 27, 2024 | blog.simplejustice.us | Real Americans |Scott Greenfield

It seems wrong to many that two people, a mother and father, who are within the borders of the United States of America without lawful authorization, should be able to produce a child who, by virtue of having been born here, is American. After all, if the parents never should have been here in the first place, how can their illegal status be magically cleansed for their offspring, who is a birthright citizen?

Apr 30, 2024 | nytimes.com | Real Americans |Rachel Khong

REAL AMERICANS, by Rachel KhongAs the story goes, after the death of China's first emperor in 210 B.C., Chen Sheng, a military captain, organized a motley band of soldiers in a revolt against the Qin dynasty and its harsh penal laws. Sheng was defeated, but he became known for his belief that one's status is not intrinsic - that one can change, grow, transcend.

Jan 1, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Real Americans |Rachel Khong

Apr. 2024. 416p. Knopf, $29 (9780593537251); e-book (9780593537268). REVIEW. First published January 1, 2024 (Booklist). In 1999, New York City college student Lily is scraping by with an unpaid internship when she meets the impossibly handsome, unfathomably wealthy Matthew. She abruptly cuts off their romance when their class differences overwhelm her, but fate intervenes.