Sheri Sellmeyer, "Nashville's New Americans: Tracing the Journeys of Immigrant Neighbors"

Whether it's building skyscrapers, running successful restaurants, researching diseases, performing music, cleaning hotel rooms, or holding public office, immigrants are changing Nashville from a mid‑sized city known for its country music industry to an increasingly diverse, multicultural destination. Through its profiles of thirty-nine immigrants from thirty-eight countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and Australia, Nashville's New Americans provides a case study from one of the fastest-growing cities in the country on the contributions immigrants are making to its culture and economy.

This event is part of our TN Writers | TN Stories series. Readings and discussions take place in the Digital Learning Center at the Tennessee State Museum. All events include an opportunity to purchase books through the Museum store and get them signed by the author. If you show your Eventbrite ticket you will receive a 10% discount on your book purchase in the Museum Store.

About

Sheri Lea Sellmeyer worked as a journalist for many years, as a reporter at the San Angelo Standard‑Times and Hays Free Press in Texas and as a freelancer for organizations such as the Bureau of National Affairs. Later she worked as vice president for an international corporation, Decision Resources Group, that produced market research on the health insurance industry, overseeing a staff that covered health care reform and trends in managed care. She and her husband live in Nashville.

Cynthia Abrams is the Metro reporter for WPLN News, Nashville's NPR station. She grew up in Eugene and Portland, Oregon and moved east after graduating from Whitman College. In addition to reporting on the city, Cynthia enjoys covering Nashville's literature scene, highlighting the latest from local authors.