Story spotlight: “Dispatch from the Other Side” by Rob Vagle

ByBlackbird Publishing

~ ~ ~ In Rob Vagle’s “Dispatch from the Other Side,” a young man who was separated from his family while trying to claim asylum in America follows the instructions on a postcard sent by his long-lost mother, and discovers things about his family he’d never expected to find. “Dispatch from the Other Side” appears…

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

ByBlackbird Publishing

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…