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Alex Poppe

Alex Poppe
Alex Poppe is the award-winning author of the recently released, Breakfast Wine, A Memoir of Chasing an Unconventional Life and Finding a Way Home, which chronicles her near decade teaching and volunteering for humanitarian aid causes in northern Iraq, chasing purpose, agency, and belonging. Her works of literary fiction have won the International Book Awards, the American Legacy Book Awards, the Readers’ Choice Book Awards, and the 35 Over 35 Book Awards.


Expat, Economic Migrant or Refugee? And Why These Labels Shouldn’t Matter

Alex Poppe Considers Her Family’s History of Immigration In Light of Trump’s Xenophobic Assault
July 25, 2025  By Alex Poppe
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