americana - by Vidushi (Mishti) Sharma
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finding belonging in America's heartland
Dear friends, This August, I boarded a night flight to Kalamazoo on the smallest plane I’ve ever seen, where the lone flight attendant had to shift us across the aisle to balance weight. We landed in a beige-and-brick airport that was largely empty of staff by that hour. I found my Lyft, a Toyota Corolla, and watched through the misted window as highway lamps faded and turned to moonlight on cornfields. I stepped out into the southwestern corner of Michigan in a town called Berrien Springs, population two thousand. “Welcome to America’s heartland,” said my friend Felix’s dad in the…
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