Buckets of marigolds surround street vendor stalls in New York City at this time of the year. Marigolds adorn the ofrendas, or personal altars of remembrance, that families display in their homes. I brought some home on my way back from my

We often think of Vida Dutton Scudder (1861-1954) as a young woman—a firebrand radical for social justice whose passions were fueled by her youthful idealism.

So begins Li-Young Lee’s poem about an immigrant family remembering their homeland. Such intimate aspects of the changes immigrants face lie hidden behind the overwhelming numbers reported in immigration statistics. Poems like these remind us that each number represents human