Letter from the Fertile Field editorial team
About the "Coming to America" issue.

What's your American Dream?
Leave your comments on what the "American Dream" means to you.

America, Peeling
By Jenna Polk, 22 / Sagola, MI
An experimental piece involving quotations and personal reflections on the cultural significance and history involved with being an American.

The Only Way to Feast
By Ambreen Hussain, 20 / Austin, TX
Gender differences clash with culture in the preparation of a Pakistani meal as told from the perspective of a young first generation Pakistani-American woman.

Flowers of Thy Meadow
By Samantha Gammons, 19 / South Hadley, MA
Samantha takes an illustrative glance on the culture shock of coming back to the United States from China.

Back From America
By Aaron Emmel, 29 / Evanston, IL
In an interview with Aaron Emmel, a Sunni Moslem college student talks about the differences in her life between the United States and Malaysia.

From Centimeters to Pounds
By Edward Liu, 22 / Dallas, TX
Poetry selection

Legacy
By Naseem Kourosh, 21 / Austin, TX
Poetry selection

Being Biracial in America
Jessica Aylea Curry, 20 / Austin, TX
Jessi examines life from a dual-culture perspective. Can you relate?

En los primeros tiempos
Joel Adriance, 22 / Falls Church, VA
Poetry selection.

Call for Entries: COMING TO AMERICA
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! Yeah, that's right, YOU! How did you get here? Why did you stay? And why do you care? We want to know the answers for our upcoming issue of Fertile Field, Our spring issue, entitled...

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