Writings

Veterans, Oral History, and The Minnesota Humanities Center

My first news update — how exciting! This year, I have had the great pleasure of becoming familiar with the work of the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC), in particular its Veterans’ Voices program. This program shares veterans’ experiences through different

Spotlight Oral History

2 days 11 hours ago

Sixty years ago today, in the dark of the early morning, in a room with yellow wallpaper, my mother gave birth to her first daughter. She labored alone, waiting for the on-call doctor to arrive, the nurse telling her to breathe, breathe. When her baby arrived, there was no one

Spotlight Oral History

5 days 10 hours ago

As a daughter seeking to understand a mother whose parenting was shaped by adoption loss, I was moved by this film. As an adoptive mother, I am reminded of the lifelong effects on a child of being separated from his birth mother.

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Sing Me A Lullaby | POV | PBS

Spanning 14 years and two continents, a daughter searches for her mother's birth parents in Taiwan, unraveling complex tensions between love and sacrifice.

Spotlight Oral History

3 weeks 15 hours ago

Have I told you how much I love this book? Even if I have, I'll tell you again. Evidence of V is one of the most beautiful books I've read in the past year, or five years, or maybe ten. The book is a fictionalized account of the author's grandmother,