Amerikonka: Life Between Lithuania and America
"To be called an Amerikonka was not exactly a compliment. Neither my husband nor I aspired to become Americans or run away from Lithuania."Continue Reading →
How Latin Became the Literary Language of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
"In the 15th century a story first appears that the Lithuanians were descended from a group of Roman soldiers who were blown off course after leaving Britain in 55 BC"Continue Reading →
Birutė Pūkelevičiūtė: A Prescient, Once Sidelined Lithuanian Poet
"“[C]rude, tropically hot … menacingly rapturous”— a review by a Lithuanian critic that anathematized émigrée poet Birutė Pūkelevičiūtė"Continue Reading →