Agendas Quote by Sasa Stanisic

Given that the label "immigrant literature" is already established, unavoidable for anyone with a migrant background and used in any given context, I strongly…

— Sasa Stanisic

In my essay for 'The Good Immigrant,' I write about how concerns about race and immigration crept up on me a bit because of…

— Himesh Patel

It's true that immigrant novels have to do with people going from one country to another, but there isn't a single novel that doesn't…

— Oscar Hijuelos

I think in a larger sense, immigrant narrative is comprehensive and speaks to the core of human experience.

— Andrew Lam

American literature has always been immigrant.

— Salman Rushdie

There's virtually nothing made up in 'The Immigrant.' So much of the film came from somewhere in my family's past. All the details are…

— James Gray

“This was mere unfounded prejudice--that seems obvious to me--because neither before nor after existed, nor any place to immigrate from, but there were those…

— Italo Calvino

The popular story is that America was built by immigrants and that, therefore, everything about immigration is good and leads to a more successful…

— James Howard Kunstler

I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes.

— Tao Lin

Personally, its a comfort and happiness to know that my work is taken seriously and is not marginalised and put in a box of…

— Dinaw Mengestu

I feel I have a responsibility to carry out the immigrant story, since it's one that I hold very dear to my heart, since…

— Dania Ramirez

“The tendency to separate war stories from immigrant stories means that most Americans don’t understand how many of the immigrants and refugees in the…

— Viet Thanh Nguyen