Elly Fishman, "Refugee High: Coming of Age in America" (The New Press, 2021)
Lit Hub's Most Anticipated of 2021. Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Award. A year in the life of a Chicago high school that has one of the highest proportions of refugees of any school in the nation. “A wondrous tapestry of stories, of young people looking for a home. With deep, immersive repor…
Elly Fishman, "Refugee High: Coming of Age in America" (The New Press, 2021)
Lit Hub's Most Anticipated of 2021. Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Award. A year in the life of a Chicago high school that has one of the highest proportions of refugees of any school in the nation. “A wondrous tapestry of stories, of young people looking for a home. With deep, immersive repor…
Elly Fishman, "Refugee High: Coming of Age in America" (The New Press, 2021)
Lit Hub's Most Anticipated of 2021. Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Award. A year in the life of a Chicago high school that has one of the highest proportions of refugees of any school in the nation. “A wondrous tapestry of stories, of young people looking for a home. With deep, immersive repor…
Yeni’s Story: A Pregnant Migrants Journey Toward Delivery in Chicago
Medical science has firmly established the importance of regular prenatal care for pregnant women.
But in Chicago, that care is not guaranteed for the city’s newly arriving migrants.
Of the more than 15-thousand who have arrived in Chicago so far, Cook county officials say they have treated mor…
At Sullivan High School ‘everybody is a refugee in some way’
Elly Fishman has reported several stories related to Chicago’s migrant
crisis. Recently, she went looking for a project that brought hope and joy into the
conversation. She immediately thought of Sullivan High School.
Fishman is a freelance writer and the author of “Refugee High: Coming of Age in
…
How a deaf Afghan refugee found her voice
A 6-year-old refugee from Afghanistan named Mahbuba arrived on the doorstep of a Chicago school in 2021. She was deaf and had no previous exposure to formal sign language. Over the next year, she would learn to communicate for the first time.
“Her story reflects the difference that just a few peo…
A CSO flutist says goodbye to maestro Muti — in Europe
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra this week wrapped a three-week international tour.
It was the orchestra’s first major overseas showcase since the pandemic.
This was also the final tour with retiring maestro Riccardo Muti, who has had a sizable impact on the sound of the CSO.
Chicago-raised flut…
A Bride Too Soon
The survivor of an abusive arranged marriage, Fraidy Reiss wants to ensure that other girls never suffer the same ordeal. In 2011, Reiss founded Unchained at Last, an activist group that works to end forced marriage and child marriage in the United States. This story by Chicago journalist Elly Fish…
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