September issue of my newsletter, Immigrant Strong, is out. It's completely free (and has been since I started it 6 years ago) and drops in your inbox just once a month. immigrantstrong.substack.com/p/immigrant-...

So excited about this interview @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! Thank you @vesnajaksiclowe.bsky.social for asking such insightful questions! And enormous thanks to @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social 🤍

July issue of my newsletter on immigrant literature is out. As always, it's free, and drops in your inbox just once a month. immigrantstrong.substack.com/p/immigrant-...

"Srebrenica should have been a model for post-genocide accountability. Instead, it stands as a case study in how legal truth, without official and societal acknowledgment, can entrench exclusionary nationalism." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/o...

June issue of my free monthly newsletter, Immigrant Strong, is out: immigrantstrong.substack.com/p/immigrant-...

❤️NYC❤️👏

They've got enough money to throw us into another war, but not enough money to fund the suicide prevention hotline. Very "pro-life." Very "pro-family." So "GREAT."

This is beyond cruel, especially for young folks who are going through it. Cutting off LGBTQ+ youth from specialized suicide prevention help is a death sentence disguised as bureaucracy. Shame on every official who signed off on this. You’re not protecting children, you’re abandoning them.

proud to be a part of this beautiful—and now award-winning!—anthology, entirely written by immigrants and children of immigrants

in light of the news about Will Ferrell's Eurovision movie coming to Broadway... my @electricliterature.com piece from a couple of weeks ago: electricliterature.com/eurovision-r...

may issue of Immigrant Strong, my free monthly newsletter, is out! includes an essay i published this month, my favorite memoir of the year so far, and more writing and interviews with immigrant writers open.substack.com/pub/immigran...

May issue of Immigrant Strong - my free monthly newsletter - drops tomorrow and marks our 6th year anniversary! Enter your e-mail to subscribe: immigrantstrong.substack.com

They blame pollution but cut the EPA and clean air and water regulations. They blame poor nutrition but cut SNAP and programs to bring local produce to schools. They blame increased screen time while destroying public infrastructure that connects people. All while they take millions off healthcare.

Read Vesna Jaksic Lowe’s (@vesnajaksiclowe.bsky.social‬) essay on the politics surrounding Eurovision, and how the world’s most watched non-sports event strives for a failed national premise of unity.

i wrote about Eurovision, coming from a country that no longer exists, nostalgia, and more for one of my favorite literary magazines, @electricliterature.com. this essay has been in my head for years—thank you for giving it a home. electricliterature.com/eurovision-r...

Brilliant to eliminate Energy Star, a program that costs $32m but delivered $40b in annual savings. None other than the US chamber of commerce tried to save it as a model of business/government partnership. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...

April issue of my newsletter is out! Three poetry collections, and beautiful essays and interviews. As always, it's free and lands in your inbox just once a month. A great way to support immigrant writers and immigrant literature! immigrantstrong.substack.com/p/immigrant-...

Children as young as *four* are being put in the position of representing themselves without lawyers/parents present in front of immigration judges in cases that will determine whether they are deported. gothamist.com/news/4-year-...

New Zach Lowe Show! The Wild West playoff race, Lakers-OKC, MVP, All-NBA, All-Defense w/ @howardbeck.bsky.social -- then @anthonyvslater.bsky.social for a Warriors deep dive: open.spotify.com/episode/1Qxi...

this tuesday!

he’s back 👏🏀

Subscribe to the new Zach Lowe Show on Spotify! open.spotify.com/show/7odspoI...

I used to follow Sasha Hemon over in the bad place and I don't know if he's on here, but this piece he wrote for Lithub in 2018 is still absolutely dead-on. lithub.com/fascism-is-n...

This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.

Thank you Croatian Women's Network/Mreza Hrvatskih Zena for this honor 🇭🇷 ❤️

February issue of my newsletter is out! As always, it's free and drops in your inbox only once a month —just enter e-mail to subscribe. immigrantstrong.substack.com/p/immigrant-...

perhaps the only consistent thing about this government is its relentless destruction of people's lives www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

lovely experience to hear one of my essays performed on stage at the Your Faithful Reader show in NYC

bravo, studenti, bravo novi sade ❤️ a small town with a huge heart. this is what it looks like to fight against corruption and injustice.

If the United States saw what the United States is doing in the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States

i'm used to US media largely ignoring the rest of the world, but it's incomprehensible that the protests in Serbia have barely made it into news here. they are massive and student-led—just like they they were when Milosevic was overthrown. my beautiful birth city ❤️ www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

oh the irony of my parents leaving yugoslavia on the verge of war and now me living under fascism in the US

This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

excited to have an essay in this show, on in nyc through sunday

January issue of Immigrant Strong is out! As always, my newsletter is free and drops in your inbox just once a month! immigrantstrong.substack.com/p/immigrant-... Featuring @farah-ali.bsky.social @anandalima.bsky.social @nikchanghoon.bsky.social, Stephanie Foo, Sahar Delijani, Edwidge Danticat...

i plan to stay informed, but don't want to be constantly bombarded by the fascists' latest episode of stupidity, racism, hatred, ignorance and incompetence bc i cannot function if i'm always angry and outraged. so FYI that you can go under settings and mute certain words.

I'll send the January issue of my newsletter, Immigrant Strong, early nest week. It's free and drops in your inbox just once a month, with links to books, essays, and interviews by immigrants, children of immigrants, and others in diaspora. Just enter email to subscribe: immigrantstrong.substack.com

loved this @literaryhub.bsky.social piece by Sahar Delijani. i left my country at 13 and deeply relate to so many things in this gorgeously written piece lithub.com/feeling-in-f...

eternally grateful for the time, space, community, and radical hospitality from Hedgebrook ❤️

beautiful, incredibly creative, vulnerable and powerful at the same time - congrats, Nik!

at the airport, heading to Hedgebrook. beyond grateful, excited, nervous—all the feels. the world is hell and celebrating personal stuff feels weird, but i’m holding on to every piece of joy and my writing life as tightly as i can.

Extremely rare opportunity that hasn't come up in YEARS: we're open for applications to join the Split/Lip Press editorial team as our new Short Story/Flash Fiction Book Editor! Details can be found at the link in our bio/linktree (splitlippress.submittable.com/submit/31437...) and threaded: [1/3]

wonderful reading in my former hometown of toronto this week for the launch of Back Where I Came From: On Culture, Identity, and Home. so deeply grateful to be a part of this book, entirely written by immigrants and children of immigrants ❤️📚🌏

latest issue of my free monthly newsletter, Immigrant Strong, is out! immigrantstrong.substack.com/p/immigrant-...

We're less than a week out from the Toronto launch of Back Where I Came From & are happy to share that @vesnajaksiclowe.bsky.social will now be joining us! Also ft. Hannah Zaala-Uul, Lisha Peel, Mahta Riazi, Nadine Araksi, Angelo Santos & Alexandra C. Yeboah. www.facebook.com/events/57846...

i’ll be in my former hometown of toronto on monday for the launch of this beautiful anthology written by immigrants and children of immigrants about our diasporic lives. join me and other contributors at this free reading!

happy publication day to Back Where I Came From @bookhugpress.bsky.social! thrilled to have an essay in this gorgeous anthology that explores our beautiful and complex lives as immigrants and children of immigrants from so many corners of the globe. bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/...