Maeve Higgins writes for The New York Times and hosts the hit podcast, Maeve in America: Immigration IRL. She's author of Maeve in America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else.
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Maeve in America: Splitting Up Families, an American Tradition
A cursory look at American history shows us that the government has had plenty of practice at dividing up families, almost always racial minorities, and forcing them to live apart, often forever. Read more
Maeve in America: Standing on My Own Good Luck
Consider the story of Annie Moore, a seventeen-year-old girl who left my hometown of Cobh, County Cork, back in 1891. Read more
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Maeve in America: Paying Our Debts to the World
Suketu Mehta’s new book makes a compelling case for immigration as a form of reparations. Read more
Maeve in America: Strangers on a Plane
Icy air filled the small space between us and my heart began to race. Read more
Maeve in America: Climate Change? Don’t Get Me Started!
There is no man intriguing enough, no snack delicious enough, and no anecdote disarming enough to divert me from this topic. Read more
Maeve in America: Whatsamatter, Girly, No Sense of Humor?
Stand-up comedy is becoming less pale and male, and more relevant. Read more
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Maeve in America: Why I'm Sitting Out this Election
Here I am, on the sidelines, and all I can do is boo. Read more
The Luck of the Irish
At seventeen, in that smooth “I-want-it-so-I’ll-take-it” way of a middle-class white person, I simply moved here. Read more
