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Short Vigorous Roots A Contemporary Flash Fiction Collection of Migrant Voices

by Mark Budman and Susan O'Neill
Short Vigorous Roots A Contemporary Flash Fiction Collection of Migrant Voices

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In this collection of short fiction about the immigrant experience, the voices of forty authors become a chorus, each hitting different notes, but all singing the same song about the human will to find and build community. Recommended By Keith M., Powells.com

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This flash fiction anthology examines the experiences of being a transplant in a foreign land and looks critically at what it means to forsake tongues, traditions, and comforts in the hope of starting a new life in another world. These stories push readers to expand their understanding of the world beyond their own front doors.

The collection contains forty affecting works written by several multigenerational immigrant authors from countries around the world, including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Cuba, England, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldavia, Morocco, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United States, and Vietnam. Regardless of their origin, all share the experience of putting down roots in new soil and examining how adapting to new lives and lands impacts the characters' understanding of themselves and their community. The stories are organized into four parts: Past the Limits of the Familiar, The Change is Slow, Inheriting the Earth, and Tired of Waiting for Home. At a thousand words or fewer, every vignette redefines resilience and the meaning of home.

Contributing Authors

  • Ellison Alcovendaz
  • Nancy Au
  • Genia Blum
  • Aida Bode
  • Raffi Boyadjian
  • Philip Charter
  • James Corpora
  • Walerian Domanski
  • Ingrid Jendrzejewski
  • Varya Kartishai
  • Masha Kisel
  • Ruth Knafo Setton
  • Nina Kossman
  • Rimma Kranet
  • Shaun Levin
  • Amit Majmudar
  • Maija M kinen
  • Sayantika Mandal
  • Erick Messias
  • A. Molotkov
  • Feliz Moreno
  • Kathy Nguyen
  • Alexandros Plasatis
  • Irina Popescu
  • Stuart Stromin
  • Edvin Subasic
  • Yong Takahashi
  • Alizah Teitelbaum
  • Lazar Trubman
  • Jose Varghese
  • Marina Villa
  • Yara Zghbeib

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"An artfully arranged collection of masterful stories that resonate with the essential truths of our time." Dzvinia Orlowsky, author of Bad Harvest and Silvertone

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"The stories give the reader the perfect vantage point to witness various manifestations of pulling away and putting back together, [and] the changing tides within these stories offer truly vivid imagery, reflection, and voice, and a deep reflection on what it means to be displaced." Patricia Murphy, author of Bully Love

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"If history rhymes, then this collection is a chorus for its time." Val Vinokur, Poets & Traitors Press

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The line between imagination and reality blurs in these forty poignant pieces written by first- and second-generation immigrant authors.


This flash fiction anthology examines the experiences of being a transplant in a foreign land and looks critically at what it means to forsake tongues, traditions, and comforts in the hope of starting a new life in another world. These stories push readers to expand their understanding of the world beyond their own front doors.


The collection contains forty affecting works written by several multigenerational immigrant authors from countries around the world, including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Cuba, England, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldavia, Morocco, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United States, and Vietnam. Regardless of their origin, all share the experience of putting down roots in new soil and examining how adapting to new lives and lands impacts the characters' understanding of themselves and their community. The stories are organized into four parts: "Past the Limits of the Familiar," "The Change is Slow," "Inheriting the Earth," and "Tired of Waiting for Home." At a thousand words or fewer, every vignette redefines resilience and the meaning of home.


Contributing Authors


  • Ellison Alcovendaz

  • Nancy Au

  • Genia Blum

  • Aida Bode

  • Raffi Boyadjian

  • Philip Charter

  • James Corpora

  • Walerian Domanski

  • Ingrid Jendrzejewski

  • Varya Kartishai

  • Masha Kisel

  • Ruth Knafo Setton

  • Nina Kossman

  • Rimma Kranet

  • Shaun Levin

  • Amit Majmudar

  • Maija M kinen

  • Sayantika Mandal

  • Erick Messias

  • A. Molotkov

  • Feliz Moreno

  • Kathy Nguyen

  • Alexandros Plasatis

  • Irina Popescu

  • Stuart Stromin

  • Edvin Subasic

  • Yong Takahashi

  • Alizah Teitelbaum

  • Lazar Trubman

  • Jose Varghese

  • Marina Villa

  • Yara Zghbeib


About the Author

Mark Budman is first generation immigrant to the US. He is an engineer by training but works as a medical interpreter. His fiction has appeared in Catapult, Witness, World Literature Today, and elsewhere. He is the author of the novel My Life at First Try, published by Counterpoint, and is the co-editor of anthologies published by Ooligan Press, Persea, Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press (China), and University of Chester (UK). Learn more at markbudman.com.

Susan O'Neill is the author of two books: the fiction collection Don't Mean Nothing (Ballantine Books, UMass Press, and Serving House Books), and a slim volume of mostly humorous short essays, Calling New Delhi for Free (Peace Corps Writers Books). She co-edited Vestal Review, the oldest continuously-running journal for flash fiction, from its beginnings in 2000 until 2020, and has published stories and essays in a fair number of literary magazines, virtual and print. She was nominated for the Pushcart twice, in fiction and in nonfiction.

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Publication date:
03/01/2022
Publisher:
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Pages:
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Height:
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Width:
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Editor:
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Author:
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