Short, Vigorous Roots: A Contemporary Flash Fiction Collection of Migrant Voices

Edited by Mark Budman and Susan O'Neill Ooligan Press 3/1/2022, paperback SKU: 9781947845305   The line between imagination and reality blurs in these forty poignant pieces written by first- and second-generation immigrant authors. This flash fiction anthology examines the experiences of being a transplant in a foreign land and looks critically at what it means to forsake tongues, traditions, and comforts in the hope of starting a new life in another world. These stories push readers to expand their understanding of the world beyond their own front doors. The collection contains forty affecting works written by several multigenerational immigrant authors from countries around the world, including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Cuba, England, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldavia, Morocco, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United States, and Vietnam. Regardless of their origin, all share the e