A Collaborative Poetry Project between the Students of FLAME and DePauw Universities
Support for this project was provided by the Great Lakes Colleges Association as part of its Global Crossroads Initiative, made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. I. Becoming American Madison VanHorn, Ishana Sundar Poetry about the immigrant experience and the melancholy of displacement and loss in the U.S. Title page image credit: Delanoix, Anthony. “Statue of liberty.” Unsplash, Unsplash, 20 June 2015. https://unsplash.com/photos/hv5pLutRkCI Introduction The American Dream is one of, if not the best marketed set of ideals in history. It has convinced millions (43.3 million in 2017, according to the Migration Policy Institute (Zong et al.)) of people to leave their homes, loved ones, languages, and everything they know behind, all for a shot at living this dream. What is it about the American Dream that instills such hope within people? Why do they not pursue La Rêve Français, or T...