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Diversity born from civil war: refugees from Myanmar in Bowling Green
By Amelia Brett Lam Nu, 26, serves a plate of warm honey chicken on a chilly Wednesday afternoon as customers wander into Yangon Bistro on Morgantown Road. Nu takes a quick break and eases herself into a chair as she recalls her experiences before and after arriving...
Riverview: The house on the hill
By Laryn Hilderbrandt The historic house stood on a rounded hill with a slim, autumn leaf-covered driveway looping around it. Christmas wreaths hung from the white double doors and green garland was draped over the railings. The red brick house was intentionally...
American girl, Bosnian girl
By Katie Zdunek The chandelier-lit living rooms fills with a burst of laughter that drowns out the Bosnian reality show, “Couples”, on the large TV across the living room. A framed Quran clock hangs above. Damira Ibresevic, 24, tilts her head back and continues to...
It Started With Soccer
By Skyler Ballard The boys of the Bowling Green Projects United soccer team huddle in a corner of the field before their game. Their coach, Daniel Tarnagda, opens a box of brand new uniforms and passes them out. The boys hold them up, excited about the small...
Splitting a Family: A Scientology Story
By Evan Heichelbech Judging by the inside of Danni Peck’s apartment in Bowling Green, she’s a happy person. She even says she is. The posters on her walls aren’t evenly spaced or patterned in any way, but they cover most of the walls. She estimates that she has over...
Multicultural dinner is family tradition
By Katie Zdunek Twelve ramekin-size white dishes are brought out on a brown plastic tray by an older Korean woman who speaks broken English and spends her time between the front and back of house. We, the largest and only multicultural family in Koreana II, sit in the...
When I’m Healed
By Abby Potter Beverly Carr, 53, writes down ingredients for a summertime fresh fruit smoothie. Her bony fingers click the mouse, and she opens a new recipe on Pinterest. She writes this down too, carefully copying every direction and organic ingredient. “I have to...
“Baked” treats defy Kentucky law
By Erian Bradley On one cold October night, she walks into her galley kitchen barefoot, scratching her head before switching on the light above the oven. She reaches into her light brown cabinet to grab her white hand mixer and a bowl to start her first batch for the...
Growing Together
By Skyler Ballard After long hours of working in the fields, Drew Snider stretches and hops down off his tractor and heads toward the barn. His wife, Laney, greets him with a wide smile and a handful of flowers to deliver to a customer’s car. When the customers leave,...
How I Met My Mother
By Katie Zdunek My childhood was periodically sugar-free. Sporadic impulses led Mom to purge the house of junk food, disfiguring the pantry with Kix cereal and Nutrigrain bars. Kix tastes like cardboard spritzed with sugar water. In 2% milk, the thin coat of hope is...