Poet, nonfiction writer and teacher Patrice Vecchione has edited several highly acclaimed anthologies for young adults including (from Henry Holt) Truth & Lies, which was named one of the best children's books by School Library Journal, Revenge & Forgiveness, and Faith & Doubt, named a best book of the year for young adults by the American Library Association. She's the author of Writing and the Spiritual Life (McGraw-Hill) and Step into Nature: Nurturing Imagination and Spirit in Everyday Life (Beyond Words/Atria), as well as two collections of poetry. For many years, Patrice has taught poetry and creative writing to young people (often working with migrant children) through her program, "The Heart of the Word: Poetry and the Imagination." She is also a columnist for her local daily paper, The Monterey Herald, and has published essays on children and poetry for several outlets including the California Library Association Journal. [...].

Alyssa Raymond is a freelance editor of adult and YA fiction and nonfiction. She hails from Massachusetts and Colorado, where she taught writing and rhetoric at the University of Colorado at Boulder and was a veteran bookseller at her favorite independent bookstore, the Boulder Book Store.

Editors’ Note
Patrice Vecchione and Alyssa Raymond

Foreword
Javier Zamora

Departure: July 30, 1984
Joseph O. Legaspi

Immigrant
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

First Light
Chen Chen

Origin / Adoption
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello

Dear America
Sholeh Wolpé

Second Attempt Crossing
Javier Zamora

Bent to the Earth
Blas Manuel De Luna

A Hymn to Childhood
Li-Young Lee

Immigrant Aria
Rajiv Mohabir

On Being American
Samira Ahmed

Oklahoma
Hala Alyan

On Listening to Your Teacher Take Attendance
Aimee Nezhukumatathil

The Break-In
Hafizah Geter

#Sanctuary
JoAnn Balingit

Extended Stay America
Janine Joseph

Choi Jeong Min
Franny Choi

Muslim Girlhood
Leila Chatti

Fluency
Michelle Brittan Rosado

Master Film
Solmaz Sharif

The Key
Ladan Osman

Ode to the Heart
Ellen Bass

The Sign in My Father’s Hands
Martín Espada

History Lesson
Jeff Coomer

My Father Takes to the Road
Jeff Tagami

My Grandmother Washes Her Feet in the Sink of the Bathroom at Sears
Mohja Kahf

Frank’s Nursery and Crafts
Bao Phi

In Colorado My Father Scoured and Stacked Dishes
Eduardo C. Corral

Learning to Pray
Kaveh Akbar

Naturalization
Jenny Xie

East Mountain View
Paul Tran

Acolyte
Tarfia Faizullah

Tater Tot Hot-Dish
Hieu Minh Nguyen

Pronounced
Carlos Andrés Gómez

Off-Island Chamorros
Craig Santos Perez

A New National Anthem
Ada Limón

Portrait of Isako in Wartime
Mia Ayumi Malhotra

Domesticity
Kristin Chang

The Poet at Fifteen
Erika L. Sánchez

Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong

ode to the first white girl i ever loved
José Olivarez

Talks about Race
Mahtem Shiferraw

Mama
Emtithal Mahmoud

Split
Cathy Linh Che

When the Man at the Party Said He Wanted to Own a Filipino
Marianne Chan

Ode to Enclaves
Chrysanthemum Tran

Ethnic Studies
Terisa Siagatonu

The Day I Realized We Were Black
Yesenia Montilla

quaking conversation
Lenelle Moïse

Atlantis
Elizabeth Acevedo

The Border: A Double Sonnet
Alberto Ríos

Las Casas Across Nations
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs

Mexicans Begin Jogging
Gary Soto

Field Guide Ending in a Deportation
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

I Used to Be Much Much Darker
Francisco X. Alarcón

A Habitable Grief
Eavan Boland

Return
Gala Mukomolova

Adrift
Alice Tao

Author’s Prayer
Ilya Kaminsky

Game Of Thrones
Fatimah Asghar

Oh, Daughter
Monica Sok

Refugees
Brian Bilston

Home
Safiya Sinclair

Undocumented Joy
Yosimar Reyes

self-portrait with no flag
Safia Elhillo

Afterword
Emtithal Mahmoud

Acknowledgments
Biographies
Permissions
Index