“A person can be two things at the same time,” Itto says. “The land where your parents were born will always be in you. Words survive. Borders are nothing to words and blood.” The power of storytelling is something that will forever unite us. Regardless of where on the map you call home, regardless ofContinue reading “THE MAP OF SALT AND STARS – Zeyn Joukhadar”
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I received an advanced reader’s edition of When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi through The Reading Room. (Yay! Books!) With my background in multicultural literature, I was thrilled to get this story set in Kabul by an Afghan American. This was a story that wanted to be told and a story I wantedContinue reading
A Girl Named Tommi 