Nataliya Apanovich
Progress is us
Growing up in a country with no economy, progress meant money. Money to buy salt and flour. Money to buy a second pair of pants. Money to...
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NATALIYA APANOVICH
"...being a foreigner ... is a sort of lifelong pregnancy—a perpetual wait, a constant burden, a continuous feeling out of sorts. Like pregnancy, being a foreigner ... is something that elicits the same curiosity from strangers, the same combination of pity and respect." - Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
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When my language dies
When there's no more words from my childhood, I'll leave too. When there's no more sounds from the bison, I'll be silent too. When the...
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Why I never dated Eastern European men
I never dated a man from my country or even Eastern Europe. It was intentional - I just never thought I could respect a guy from that...
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My father left Belarus because immigration was easier than toppling a dictator
I don’t remember what I was doing when I first heard about the protests in Belarus last summer but I do remember how shocked I felt....
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A little house and big hands
The little wooden house, painted in yellow and blue, is her haven. It is surrounded by birch trees, an apple orchard, plum trees, and...
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