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Yugonostalgic Cuisine: The Story of the Anglo-Yugoslav Café
by Natasha Tripney (shared from Vittles, a food newsletter for modern times) We sometimes forget how many seemingly immutable national cuisines are actually modern constructs, by virtue of how...
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Meet The Young Latina Immigrant Behind Boston’s First Zero-Waste Store
Reprinted from The Bay State Banner (originally published on June 30, 2021) BOSTON — In a sunny storefront not far from the Boston Harbor, Maria Vasco lingers off to the side of the cash register,...
View ArticleAmerican Names: Declaring Independence
by Marian L Smith Note the following story, which is a perfect specimen of a peculiar quality of the American mind, one bearing no small relation to Independence Day: I have a friend who tells the...
View ArticleReaching Safety with New Burdens: Ukrainian Refugee Women as Heads of Household
by Dilek Cindoglu (reprinted from The Conversation, 4/26/2022) Russia’s war on Ukraine is, in many ways, a war on women. The fact that most women do not fight on the battlefield does not mean that...
View ArticleThe Kindness of Strangers
Written by DUSHICA PROTIC; Edited by SANDRA RADOJA Whoever you are—I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. Tennessee Williams It’s 55 years since we arrived in America, Serbian immigrants...
View ArticleImmigrating From Yugoslavia Was a Struggle and a Privilege—Both Can Be True
by Natasha Tripney (reprinted from Catapult.Co) “There’s nowhere in the world where I don’t have an accent. Nowhere where my voice fits.” My mother My mother’s small, parquet-floored apartment is...
View ArticleWhat It Feels Like To Be a Daughter of Immigrants Raising American-Born Children
by Carmen Garcia -Shushtari (Reprinted from The Everymom) I remember the exact moment my first son was placed in my arms after giving birth. I felt a flood of emotions, including unconditional love,...
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A Son’s Reflection: My Mother, Draga
Joanne Tica interviewed Peter (Pete) Lalic on several occasions to learn more about his mother, Draga, a refugee, and immigrant to the United States. The Obrad Lalic family settled in Gary, Indiana,...
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The Line That Turned
by Sofia StojicPancevo, Serbia I have always struggled with the notion of straight lines. The chronology of history, for example, as a straight line. “Progress” as a straight line. Even my life, my...
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The Golden Years of the Circle of Serbian Sisters
by Miroslava Jovanovic, RAS – The International Serbian Organization (excerpt from the original work titled “The Heroic Circle of Serbian Sisters: A History”) Nadezhda Petrovich, internationally...
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