Stories from Minnesota Part 8: This Occupation is Strange But Familiar

My youngest child has a habit of reordering time when she speaks with me, the past, present and future shuttering in her sentences. At bedtime she’ll ask me, “baba, what will we do yesterday?” In the morning, “where were we tomorrow?” I pause, with no response, I do not correct her, and think of this […]

Letter From Minnesota: This Occupation is Strange But Familiar

This anonymous letter in Literary Hub from a Minnesotan looks at life under ICE control but from a point of view where this has been experienced before. Minneapolis was Ground Zero before with the George Floyd death in 2020, also under Trump. Click here to read that person’s story.

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Stories from Minnesota Part 7: Can You Hear Us, America?

Since early December of last year, thousands of ICE officers have streamed into Minnesota to carry out a violent and grossly unconstitutional campaign of state intimidation upon the people of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Children and their families have been separated, schools have been targeted, and two US citizens—Renee Good and Alex Pretti—have been murdered […]

Letter From Minnesota: Can You Hear Us, America?

Here’s an account of ICE Protests published on Literary Hub by Johnny Diamond but an excerpt is being shared here. Click on the link above to read the whole text. Please keep in mind that in case of restricted access, you may need to read it on your phone with a WP account.

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