[Flashback]:The Joy of Life
This post first appeared in September 2018. The first thing you notice about Martine Ngo Nlend Manga is her smile. Wide and expansive, it draws
December 17, 2021
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This post first appeared in September 2018. The first thing you notice about Martine Ngo Nlend Manga is her smile. Wide and expansive, it draws
This article was originally published in 2016. In the fall of 2012, I made a mistake. I took what I thought was a required university
This post originally appeared in July 2016. I’ll never forget the moment my wife told me she was pregnant with our first child. We were
This post originally appeared in October 2016. When my chocolate nugget was a year old, opportunity knocked and my partner and I picked up our
This past year I was forced to reckon with losing my second country and home, Bahrain. I always knew the day would come when I
The stares. That was definitely something I had to get used to. It can be argued that I have never really gotten used to it.
This article was originally published in March 2019. International adoptee Lea Wright wrestled with both identity and belonging growing up. Now, it seems like she’s
This piece was originally published on April 12, 2016. I have not always been “Black.” Before I moved to the United States, I did not
When I was twelve years old, I remember how my American teacher in Malawi asked me if I had copied the story I’d written for
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