From re-discovering an ancestral village in China to experiencing the realities of American life as a Nigerian, our search for true belonging crosses borders & generations. Essays in A Map Is Only One Story highlight the human side of immigration policies & polarised rhetoric as 20 writers share provocative personal stories of existence between languages & cultures.
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Blanco relates how those with family in both El Paso & Ciudad Juárez experience life on the border. Coomes recalls heroines of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, what they taught her about bi-cultural identity. Ibrahim details her grandfather’s crossing of India-Pakistan border 60 years after Partition.
Sital writes of how undocumented status in the US impacts love & relationships. Khakpour describes challenges in writing on Iranian America. Through power of personal narratives, A Map Is Only One Story offers a new definition of home.
