Posts by My Sister's Mother
Power of Identity
The new exhibit at the Chicago History Museum in collaboration with the new Warsaw History Museum and the Polish Museum of America that opened March 20, 2023, strives to bring…
Read MoreThe Spy
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…
Read MoreQuestions and Answers
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…
Read MoreHistory You Didn’t Learn in School
(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…
Read MoreWhere have all the Polish-Americans gone?
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…
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