When the Dust Rises

Book excerpt: Migrant youth writers show us life as it looks from the margins-between the rows of blueberries, under the shadow of border walls and detention centers, and in the hallways of schools where they are often underestimated. Proving once and for all that they are neither invisible nor voiceless, they mourn their losses and celebrate their hopes and dreams in unflinching poetry and prose, and they invite us to celebrate with them.