A fantastical new novel from Karen Russell turns the whispered secrets of a Dust Bowl town into a bold metaphor for repressed ...

Migrant stories have two parts: the leaving of an old life, and the building of a new one. Pat Rush's "old life" started in Arkansas. She was born in 1935 and her family worked as laborers picking ...

During the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, millions of desperate Americans abandoned their homes, farms and businesses to look for work elsewhere. Though Rush's family left after the Dust Bowl years were ...

During the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, ... And today there are a lot of Mexican migrant workers in her area who do field work just like she used to do.

Migrant stories have two parts: the leaving of an old life, and the building of a new one. Pat Rush's "old life" started in Arkansas. She was born in 1935 and her family worked as laborers picking ...