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My previous book in the Exile Studies series, Vanished Lands: Memory and Postmemory in North American Lithuanian Diaspora Literature, explored the collective intergenerational trauma of the past. This companion volume, Heritage, Connection, Writing: Conversations with North American Lithuanian Diaspora Writers, is about hope for a shared future that holds the lessons of the past in balance.
This collection presents perspectives on what it means to hold onto Lithuanian and Litvak heritage while living in North America and writing in English. The writers and poets interviewed in this book discuss their integration of this unique heritage and cultural memory into their literary work. With birth years spanning from 1933 to 1985, the authors present the voices of a cross-section of three generations. Containing conversations with 27 authors and including excerpts from their poetry and fiction, this book is a valuable resource for gaining insight into North American Lithuanian writing and heritage.
Contents
List of Figures - Laima Vincė, Preface: A Conversation Between Descendants and Ancestors - Acknowledgments - List of Abbreviations - Laima Vincė, Introduction: Finding Common Ground: Themes of Freedom and Identity - Part I The First and Second Waves of Lithuanian Migration to North America (1868-1918 and 1918-1940) - A Miniature Lithuania Inside Connecticut: A Conversation with Jocelyn Bartkevičius - Jocelyn Bartkevičius "Mother Tongue" - Scar Tissue Surrounded by Astonishing Beauty: A Conversation with Lidia Yuknavitch - Lidia Yuknavitch "Decompositions" - The Moons of Saturn: A Conversation with James Joseph Brown - James Joseph Brown "Stebuklas" - The First Note: A Conversation with Paul Jaskunas - Paul Jaskunas Excerpt from The Collaborator, Chapter One - Out of the Wild: A Conversation with Ken Ilgunas - Ken Ilgunas "Out of the Wild: A Life-Changing Summer Among the Bears of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve" - Part II The Third Wave of Migration from Lithuania to North America: Displaced Persons and Their Descendants (1940-1945) - The Return: A Conversation with Rasa Gustaitis - Rasa Gustaitis Excerpts from Flight: A Memoir of Loss and Discovery by an Aviator's Daughter: "Sudiev Lietuva" and "Return to Lithuania" - A Little Lithuania in Alaska: A Conversation with Svaja Vansauskas Worthington - Svaja Vansauskas Worthington "The Patrol" - A Modern-Day Book Smuggler: A Conversation with Birutė Putrius - Birutė Putrius Excerpt from Lost Birds, "Becoming American, Irene Matas, 1950" - Lithuania is My Spiritual Home: A Conversation with Jonas Zdanys - Jonas Zdanys Poems - Connection with Community: A Conversation with Irene Guilford - Irene Guilford Excerpt from The Embrace - Writing Irreverent History: A Conversation with Kęstutis Nakas - Kęstutis Nakas Excerpt from When Lithuania Ruled the World - The Death of Tony: A Conversation with Antanas Sileika - Antanas Sileika Excerpt from Some Unfinished Business - Writing Her Way to Recovery: A Conversation with Daiva Markelis - Daiva Markelis Excerpt from White Field, Black Sheep: A Lithuanian American Life, "White Field" - Telling Our Stories: A Conversation with Nida Dauknys - Nida Dauknys Excerpt from Escaping Stalin's Grasp, "Arrival in America" - I Am Here: A Conversation with Daiva Chesonis - Daiva Chesonis Poems - Exploring Intergenerational Trauma Through Research and Writing: A Conversation with Laima Vincė - Laima Vincė "On Identity and Acceptance" - This Is Simply Our Path: A Conversation with Audrė Budrys - Audrė Budrys Excerpt from Miške, "In the Forest" - There Is No Weirdness New York Cannot Absorb: A Conversation with Milda De Voe - Milda De Voe "J. F. will never read this" - Poetry and Heritage: A Conversation with Rimas Užgiris - Rimas Užgiris Poem - Breaking the Cycle: A Conversation with Maria Williams - Maria Williams Poem - Memory, Archives, Responsibility, and Truth-Telling: A Conversation with Julija Šukys - Julija Šukys Excerpt from Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė, "The Woman in the Park" - A Brand of Rebellion: A Conversation with Gint Aras - Gint Aras Excerpt from Relief by Execution: A Visit to Mauthausen - Creative but Wistful: A Conversation with Lina Ramona Vitkauskas - Lina Ramona Vitkauskas Poems - Part III Litvak Emigration from Lithuania to the United States (1900-present) - A Yiddish Writer Who Writes in English: A Conversation with Samuel Bak - Samuel Bak Excerpt from Painted in Words - Rediscovering a Litvak Identity Through Yiddish: A Conversation with Ellen Cassedy - Ellen Cassedy Excerpt from We Are Here - Uncovering a Grandfather's War Crimes: A Conversation with Rita Gabis - Time Travel and Metempsychosis: A Conversation with Malachi Black - Malachi Black Poems - Bibliography - Index
