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Gender	Male
Location	Chicago, Illionois
Introduction	My name is Adam Lizakowski. I was born in Poland. The immigration to another country dominated my thoughts, blood, breath, thinking, and feeling, understanding and seeing of the world. It is stronger than I and it does not matter where I am or where I am going to, which part of the world, I always feel like an immigrant. All artists are immigrants in one way or another. They cannot be citizens of one place. They must be on the move all their lives. But I do not care because I know I am changing not only my life, but also my writing. How? My specialty in poetry is writing about immigrants, America, the perception of American dreams. In my poetry I try to answer the question, "Is America still the Promised Land for immigrants?" I focus on people's lives through which I see their successes and failures. I met a lot of people for whom the America didn't bring happiness and successes, but they are still here for many years and decades, trying to reach their American Dream. I have also met successful people who think of America not as a Promise Land, but as the Land of Opportunity. I understand the difference between them. The observations are crucial materials for my poetry.