Edwidge Danticat
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November 9, 2017 |
Haitian-American writer wins $50,000 “American Nobel” NORMAN, OKLA. (Friday, Nov. 10, 2017) – World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-... -
September 5, 2017 |
Nine nominees chosen for the $50,000 literature award known as “The American Nobel” NORMAN, Okla. – World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s a... -
September 6, 2016 |
Senior Airman Deng Deng, Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, September 2009. As one of the “Lost Boys” of the Sudan, Deng was allowed to immigrate to the United States and participate... -
January 22, 2014 |
Photo by Anuska Sampedro/Flickr The United States prides itself upon being, as the clichéd phrase goes, “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” However, whenever the courageous refugees fle...
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