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'The Best Possible Experiences' captures immigrant experience through short stories

NPR's Book of the Day

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The Importance of Distance

Nishant Injim read an excerpt from his new book, "Immigration" He says the story is very closely drawn from his own life. The character uses math to explain what he expects when he finally gets there. Nishant: I would always be counting down the month before I would go home just so that I could be united not only with my family but also united with the self that I was before I left home.

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