It's hard to believe.īLAIR HODGES: So we've known each other a long time. We've actually known each other for a long time-we met back at Georgetown University, we were both students there in 2011, or something like that. I've been listening to your podcast for a while, and I'm really thrilled to be a guest on your show.īLAIR HODGES: I'm excited to have you.
MASHA RUMER: Blair, thank you so much for having me here. Someone to commiserate with and learn from – 1:05īLAIR HODGES: Masha Rumor, thanks for joining me here at Fireside today. In this episode of Fireside with Blair Hodges we’re talking with Masha Rumer, author of Parenting with an Accent: How Immigrants Honor their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for their Children. Which turned out to be a lot more complicated than you might think. Over time Masha discovered her love for her homeland never really went away, and she wanted to share it with her own children. Get the right clothes, learn the language. And at first, her nationality made her self-conscious, she wanted to blend in with her new American peers as fast as possible. Her family was fleeing economic uncertainty and religious discrimination. It can feel like you're occupying them both at the same time, but also not really belonging to either of them, either.īLAIR HODGES: Masha Rumer immigrated to the United States from the former Soviet Union when she was thirteen. MASHA RUMER: Basically it’s the feeling of being between two cultures. Words for War: New Poems from Ukraine, edited by Oksana Maksymchuk and Max Rosochinsky. Parenting With an Accent: How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children, by Masha Rumer.
She immigrated to California from the Soviet Union as a teen. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Moscow Times, and elsewhere. She’s an award-winning journalist and freelance writer. Masha Rumer is author of the new book, Parenting With an Accent: How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children.
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