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Posted inEditor's Pick

Generation Connie

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 15, 2023May 15, 2023

“Growing up, I thought being named after Connie Chung made me unique. Then I found out about the rest of us.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Documents

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

“I have no status inside or outside any clear borders unless I consider my mother’s uterus my original country.”

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Posted inFeature

The Road to Becoming Enough

by Cassidy Randall February 16, 2023March 10, 2023

The road map to becoming enough.

Posted inEditor's Pick

When Food Is the Only Narrative We Consume

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 8, 2023March 6, 2023

“Chinese culture can’t be made bite-sized for mass consumption.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Incredible Story of Finding My Brother in My 60s

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

“We were born a week apart, in the same hospital, to different mothers.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Identity Crisis

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 30, 2022November 30, 2022

“In a checklist of responses to a large-scale disaster, victim identification comes low down the pecking order.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Curious Case of Gina Adams: A “Pretendian” Investigation

by Carolyn Wells September 7, 2022October 19, 2022

In this essay, Michelle Cyca asks questions about Gina Adams — and her claims of Indigenous heritage. It’s a gripping read that exposes the rise of the “Pretendians.” The message was clear: being Indigenous was tragic or shameful. Or it was mystical and noble, a warrior on a horse, somehow untouched by colonization. Middle-class and […]

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Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

Voices of Rebirth: A Reading List on Being Indigenous in America

by Autumn Fourkiller August 23, 2022October 20, 2022

Our lives are so much more than you could possibly imagine.

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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story

Searching for the Mountaintop in Upstate New York

by Benje Williams March 14, 2022October 18, 2022

A family confronts its racial past along the Appalachian Trail.

Posted inEditor's Pick

What’s Not in a Name?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 17, 2022October 19, 2022

“Names are choices—just usually not ours.”

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