Urban Institute researcher Peter Tatian discuss changing demographics in Washington.
Dinaw Mengestu talks with the NEA's Josephine Reed about the distinction between immigrating and being in exile.
1920s: Harlem Renaissance celebrates black culture and identity in Harlem and beyond.
Writer Maureen Howard talks about the treatment of immigrants.
Julie Otsuka talks about how her characters speak with different points of view.
Author and scholar Gary Okihiro talks with the NEA's Josephine Reed about Japanese Americans' loss of property.
Author and scholar Gary Okihiro talk with the NEA's Josephine Reed about the history of Japanese immigration to the U.S.
Julie Otsuka talks about what led her to writing When the Emperor Was Divine.
On February 6, 2014, Josephine Reed of the National Endowment for the Arts interviewed Julie Otsuka.
Author Julie Otsuka and writer Maureen Howard discuss the father character in When the Emperor Was Divine.
Author Julie Otsuka discusses the boy character in When the Emperor Was Divine.
Author Julie Otsuka and writer Maureen Howard discuss the girl character in When the Emperor Was Divine.
Author Julie Otsuka and writer Maureen Howard discuss the characters' namelessness in When the Emperor Was Divine.
Danticat's latest work of nonfiction, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work, examines the challenges of creating art after exile.
At age 25, Danticat wrote her first book, Breath, Eyes, Memory, which chronicles four generations of Haitian women struggling to understand each other in the context of one violent act.
Despite influence from Spanish and French settlers, Haitian culture remains distinct and vibrant.
2010: Earthquake of magnitude 7.0 hits Haiti,killing 300,000 people.
1992: U.S. Coast Guard rescues more than 40,000 Haitians at sea as they attempt to escape a worsening economy and political unrest.