Asian Americans are perhaps the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States, and their rapid population growth represents a pivotal moment in our history, a moment where traditional ethnic enclave ideas need to be reconsidered.
In this personal essay, Patricia Westerhof questions her life as a teacher, especially the slow, thankless work of grading papers.
In this personal essay, Greta Bergquist recounts the struggles and joys of teaching in a low-income, segregated Baltimore high school as part of Teach for America.
Review. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. By Jonathan Safran Foer. Mariner Books, 2005. 368 pp. Extremely loud was the sound of the reception given to Jonathan Safran Foer when he illuminated everything in 2002. And it wasn’t just arcane literati crying out from the pages of obscure journals: 250,000 plus copies of Foer’s first novel were […]