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Apr 2024
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A beautiful day in the (old) neighborhoo...

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Journalist Ray Suarez joins the pod to discuss immigration, ethnic identity, assimilation, old neighborhoods, and his new book We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century-An Oral History.

Read an excerpt of the book on the Cracks in PoMo Substack

and order a copy of the book https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ray-suarez/we-are-home/9781668624692/?lens=little-brown


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