by Xianna Michaels | Aug 23, 2016 | Editorial
I am an immigrant. I was born in New York of American parents and have lived in California all of my adult life. So how on earth did I get to be an immigrant? I'll tell you, but let me state at the outset that I am not alone in this predicament. I am what is known as...
by Xianna Michaels | Jul 26, 2016 | Books
Shakespeare famously said, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet;" (Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2). But we know that names do in fact matter. I have always been fascinated by different naming customs, and the cycles...
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