Yesterday, WNYC’s Leonard Lopate spoke to Green Card Stories author and immigration lawyer Stephen Yale-Loehr and GCS profilees Randolph Sealey (above) and Angela Andrade about the current state of immigration in America and where immigration policy is headed in the 21st century. Randolph Sealey and Angela Andrade’s fascinating stories illustrate the personal side of immigration policy and makes this show illuminating and lively. Listen here.

In celebration of this week’s release of Green Card Stories, this evening, the Columbia School of Journalism will host a panel discussion with all four Green Card Stories Stephen Yale-Loehr, Saundra Amrhein, Ariana Lindquist, and Laura Danielson. This is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to see all authors together discussing Green Card Stories and the issue of immigration in America today. The event is at 6pm in Columbia’s Stabile Student Center.

Today marks the official launch of Green Card Stories! Through dynamic narratives and intimate portraits, this book examines the lives of fifty recent immigrants to the U.S., revealing the breadth and diversity of the immigrant experience. We hope this book will inspire dialogue about the current state of our country’s immigration law, and generate ideas as to how we can improve the system.

Congratulations to Laura Danielson, Stephen Yale-Loehr, Saundra Amrhein, and Ariana Lindquist for realizing this amazing project.

Help us celebrate the launch of Green Card Stories! Check out this list of events in the NYC area.

Photo-eye reviews Rania Matar’s new portfolio, La Femme-Enfant, a work that deals again with times of transition in a girl’s life. Where A Girl and Her Room captures teenage girls and the spaces that display their unique identities, this portfolio portrays a group of younger girls, contemplating the transitional age between childhood and adulthood.

As Photo-eye writes, “Some are vulnerable, others defiant, yet all portray the uniqueness of their age, the in between years, the age of transition from child to young adult.”