by Lisa Rathje | Sep 1, 2024
How might the absence of appropriate resources be a barrier to migration? How do migrants enact futurism in difficult situations, and with what consequences? Often, migrants relocate because of acute disruption: war, disaster, or persecution. Slower forms of...
by Lisa Rathje | Aug 31, 2024
Migration and its disruptions define our experiences of home—and probably yours, too. It shapes a great deal of our personal and professional attentions. We were both born in D.C., extensions of the circuitous migrations of our respective families. We grew up...
by Lisa Rathje | Aug 31, 2024
So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed 床前明月光 chuáng qián míng yuè guāng Could there have been a frost already 疑是地上霜 yí shì dì shàng shuāng Lifting my head to look / I found that it was moonlight ...
by Lisa Rathje | Aug 31, 2024
As folklorists and colleagues working inside and beyond academia, we are dedicated to building the field of Asian American folklore. In late 2021, we launched “Yellow and Brown Tales: Asian American Folklife Today,” a podcast that highlights the...
by Lisa Rathje | Aug 30, 2024
Excerpt from Eddie Vega’s poem, “I didn’t write this poem for you,” (2019, 76), illustrated by Lisa Rathje. In 2023, the Pew Research Center published information about how Latinas/os/es in the United States view Spanish language in their lives.1 The study...
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