Posts by My Sister's Mother

A review of A Secret Life Having never thought I had anything in common with a Cold War spy, I found reading A Secret Life (Public Affairs, 2004) for my…

forMy Sister’s Mother:  A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin’s SiberiaBy Author Donna Solecka Urbikas First, tell us about your awards. My book was nominated for the 2016 Chicago Writers…

(First appeared on U of W Press Blog, 2016)By Donna Solecka Urbikas With the publication of my hardcover book in 2016, I’ve had many opportunities to present a much under-reported…

Lately, and surprisingly, there’s been much in the news about Poland, not all very encouraging if you are a student of democracy. But what about Polish-Americans like me? What news…