Making Nebraska Home Author Panel at Nebraska Celebration of Books (Read More)
A panel discussion featuring editors and essayists from The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees: Tales of Migration, Hope, Grief, and Finding Home in Nebraska, who explore migration, identity, memory, and belonging through literature, followed by audience dialogue about the role of storytelling in strengthening civic understanding and preserving community history. The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees: Tales of Migration, Hope, Grief, and Finding Home in Nebraska offers thirty-one essays by immigrants and refugees who now call Lincoln, Nebraska, home. These individuals have found support, belonging, and opportunity through the collaborative work of Lincoln’s New Americans Task Force members and the Lincoln/Lancaster County Welcoming and Belonging Strategic Plan. The stories in this book are brilliant, harrowing, poetic, and revelatory. They’re also stories of survival, resilience, creativity, and a staggering amount of work: learning a new language, navigating a challenging immigration system, being perceived as a foreigner, struggling to grasp strange new customs and traditions, working one’s way out of extreme poverty, working through trauma and grief. Those of us who have had the good fortune of not being displaced have much to learn by listening. This panel will feature essayists Eh Ta Taw, Etza Wong, Shahad Kheder, Yazen Kheder, and Sajia Qasemi The Nebraska Celebration of Books (NCOB) is a free, public literary festival honoring Nebraska authors, readers, and the statewide literary community. The event features author panels, book award presentations, vendor markets, and programming for both authors and readers. For more information and a schedule of events, visit the NCOB website at bookfestival.nebraska.gov
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Ames Reading Series: Celebrating the Book “The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees: Tales of Migration, Hope, Grief, and Finding Home in Nebraska” (Read More)
The book "The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees: Tales of Migration, Hope, Grief, and Finding Home in Nebraska" will be added to the Lincoln City Libraries Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors collection. A few of the book's contributors will speak. From war and conflicts to community building and service, the tenacity, heart, and resilience of these authors shine. Stay for an author reception from 3:00 - 4:00 pm following the presentation.
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Welcoming New Nebraskans: A Celebration of “The Lives of Immigrants & Refugees” (Read More)
This event at the Sheldon Museum of Art will feature moderated discussion with contributors and editors of "The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees: Tales of Migration, Hope, Grief and Finding Home in Nebraska," followed by audience discussion and questions. Registration is requested to attend this event: https://sheldonartmuseum.org/welcoming-new-nebraskans-celebration-lives-immigrants-refugees/ About the book: Human beings have always migrated. To be on the move, searching for a more hospitable climate, greater resources, and a welcoming community, is part of our human DNA. All kinds of large, uncontrollable forces—war, the threat of genocide, climatic changes, political exile, and economic hardship—propel people to leave behind everything familiar and begin their lives over again in a strange place, sometimes with only the clothes on their backs. The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees offers thirty-one essays by immigrants and refugees who now call Lincoln, Nebraska, home. These individuals have found support, belonging, and opportunity through the collaborative work of Lincoln’s New Americans Task Force members and the Lincoln/Lancaster County Welcoming and Belonging Strategic Plan. The stories in this book are brilliant, harrowing, poetic, and revelatory. They’re also stories of survival, resilience, creativity, and a staggering amount of work: learning a new language, navigating a challenging immigration system, being perceived as a foreigner, struggling to grasp strange new customs and traditions, working one’s way out of extreme poverty, working through trauma and grief. Those of us who have had the good fortune of not being displaced have much to learn by listening.
