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Story spotlight: “La Despedida” by Hedi Framm Anton

ByBlackbird Publishing June 9, 2020

Hedi Framm Anton’s “La Despedida” shows two sides of a story of farewell. A young girl lives with her grandmother in Honduras; they wait for a check from her mother, who works in San Francisco, so they can pay the fee the gang members demand every month. ~ ~ ~ “La Despedida” appears in The…

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The Golden Door: 14 Stories of Wisdom, Justice, and Love

ByBlackbird Publishing April 4, 2020

The Golden Door is a collection of stories showing the impact on people when they’re treated as “the other,” whether they’re immigrants to a country, a group of targeted within their own country, or something else besides. The title refers to Emma Lazarus’s welcoming words inscribed on the plaque on Statue of Liberty, “I lift…