Inspired by Foster's first trip to Poland in 1996 and her Polish-American heritage, Amber Necklace from Gdansk explores Polish immigrants' experiences with assimilation in the US, those immigrants' children's attitudes toward their ethnicity, and how these attitudes have been colored by America's typically disinterested view toward Eastern Europe- the other Europe that only recently began to emerge from history's shadow.
Inspired by Foster’s first trip to Poland in 1996 and her Polish-American heritage, Amber Necklace from Gdansk explores Polish immigrants’ experiences with assimilation in the US, those immigrants’ children’s attitudes toward their ethnicity, and how these attitudes have been colored by America’s typically disinterested view toward Eastern Europe- the other Europe that only recently began to emerge from history’s shadow. These poems speak for those who identify ethnically and nationally with no country, and simultaneously, with more than one country.