List of Figures - Laima Vinc¿, Preface: A Conversation Between Descendants and Ancestors - Acknowledgments - List of Abbreviations - Laima Vinc¿, Introduction: Finding Common Ground: Themes of Freedom and Identity - Part I The First and Second Waves of Lithuanian Migration to North America (1868-1918 and 1918-1940) - A Miniature Lithuania Inside Connecticut: A Conversation with Jocelyn Bartkevi¿ius - Jocelyn Bartkevi¿ius "Mother Tongue" - Scar Tissue Surrounded by Astonishing Beauty: A Conversation with Lidia Yuknavitch - Lidia Yuknavitch "Decompositions" - The Moons of Saturn: A Conversation with James Joseph Brown - James Joseph Brown "Stebuklas" - The First Note: A Conversation with Paul Jaskunas - Paul Jaskunas Excerpt from The Collaborator, Chapter One - Out of the Wild: A Conversation with Ken Ilgunas - Ken Ilgunas "Out of the Wild: A Life-Changing Summer Among the Bears of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve" - Part II The Third Wave of Migration from Lithuania to North America: Displaced Persons and Their Descendants (1940-1945) - The Return: A Conversation with Rasa Gustaitis - Rasa Gustaitis Excerpts from Flight: A Memoir of Loss and Discovery by an Aviator's Daughter: "Sudiev Lietuva" and "Return to Lithuania" - A Little Lithuania in Alaska: A Conversation with Svaja Vansauskas Worthington - Svaja Vansauskas Worthington "The Patrol" - A Modern-Day Book Smuggler: A Conversation with Birut¿ Putrius - Birut¿ Putrius Excerpt from Lost Birds, "Becoming American, Irene Matas, 1950" - Lithuania is My Spiritual Home: A Conversation with Jonas Zdanys - Jonas Zdanys Poems - Connection with Community: A Conversation with Irene Guilford - Irene Guilford Excerpt from The Embrace - Writing Irreverent History: A Conversation with K¿stutis Nakas - K¿stutis Nakas Excerpt from When Lithuania Ruled the World - The Death of Tony: A Conversation with Antanas Sileika - Antanas Sileika Excerpt from Some Unfinished Business - Writing Her Way to Recovery: A Conversation with Daiva Markelis - Daiva Markelis Excerpt from White Field, Black Sheep: A Lithuanian American Life, "White Field" - Telling Our Stories: A Conversation with Nida Dauknys - Nida Dauknys Excerpt from Escaping Stalin's Grasp, "Arrival in America" - I Am Here: A Conversation with Daiva Chesonis - Daiva Chesonis Poems - Exploring Intergenerational Trauma Through Research and Writing: A Conversation with Laima Vinc¿ - Laima Vinc¿ "On Identity and Acceptance" - This Is Simply Our Path: A Conversation with Audr¿ Budrys - Audr¿ Budrys Excerpt from Miške, "In the Forest" - There Is No Weirdness New York Cannot Absorb: A Conversation with Milda De Voe - Milda De Voe "J. F. will never read this" - Poetry and Heritage: A Conversation with Rimas Užgiris - Rimas Užgiris Poem - Breaking the Cycle: A Conversation with Maria Williams - Maria Williams Poem - Memory, Archives, Responsibility, and Truth-Telling: A Conversation with Julija Šukys - Julija Šukys Excerpt from Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimait¿, "The Woman in the Park" - A Brand of Rebellion: A Conversation with Gint Aras - Gint Aras Excerpt from Relief by Execution: A Visit to Mauthausen - Creative but Wistful: A Conversation with Lina Ramona Vitkauskas - Lina Ramona Vitkauskas Poems - Part III Litvak Emigration from Lithuania to the United States (1900-present) - A Yiddish Writer Who Writes in English: A Conversation with Samuel Bak - Samuel Bak Excerpt from Painted in Words - Rediscovering a Litvak Identity Through Yiddish: A Conversation with Ellen Cassedy - Ellen Cassedy Excerpt from We Are Here - Uncovering a Grandfather's War Crimes: A Conversation with Rita Gabis - Time Travel and Metempsychosis: A Conversation with Malachi Black - Malachi Black Poems - Bibliography - Index
