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Nonfiction Monday: Our New Home – When Immigrant Children Speak

By Fats Suela June 4, 2012 3 Comments

As we continue with our bimonthly theme, Festival of Asian Literature and the Immigrant Experience, I share with you this collection of short stories entitled Our New Home: Immigrant Children Speak. This is also in keeping with today’s Nonfiction Monday. The Nonfiction Monday roundup is hosted by the lovely Jean Walker Harvey at True Tales [...]

Poetry Friday: Immigrants, FYI

By Fats Suela June 1, 2012 14 Comments

It’s Friday, and you know it!! Last week, I shared Li-Young Lee’s Immigrant Blues. Today I’ll feature another poem that talks about immigration as we continue with our bimonthly theme, Festival of Asian Literature and the Immigrant Experience. The Poetry Friday roundup is hosted by Carol from Carol’s Corner. When I was initially doing my [...]

Poetry Friday: Immigrant Blues

By Fats Suela May 25, 2012 6 Comments

I am so excited to join Poetry Friday today for two wonderful reasons. First, our featured poem fits perfectly with our bimonthly theme, Festival of Asian Literature and The Immigrant Experience, written by a poet who is an immigrant himself. Second, the roundup post for Poetry Friday today is hosted by the fabulous Linda from [...]

The Castle On Hester Street by Linda Heller

By Fats Suela May 23, 2012 4 Comments

For my initial contribution to our bimonthly theme, Festival of Asian Literature and the Immigrant Experience, I share with you Linda Heller’s award-winning picture book called The Castle On Hester Street. While the book is far away from Asian literature, it does talk about the immigrant experience. The Castle On Hester Street won the Sydney [...]

Teaser Tuesdays: Nicholas and Fadi

By Fats Suela May 22, 2012 16 Comments

This is my first time posting for Teaser Tuesdays. Please join me! Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme that is hosted by Miz B Should Be Reading. Here are the rules: Grab your current read/s. Open to a random page. Share “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page (Like Iphigene, the passage will contain more than two sentences. Lol!). BE [...]