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First edition. |
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xii, 324 pages ; 22 cm |
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| Contents |
How to write Iranian-America, or the last essay / Porochista Khakpour -- Swimmer / Nicole Dennis-Benn -- Sidra (in 12 movements) / Rahawa Haile -- On the blackness of the panther / Teju Cole -- How not to be / Priya Minhas -- After migration: the once and future kings / Walé Oyéjidé -- On loneliness / Fatimah Asghar -- Chooey-Booey and brown / Tejal Rao -- Luck of the Irish / Maeve Higgins -- Her name was India / Krutika Mallikarjuna -- Shithole nation / Jim St. Germain -- Blond girls in Cheongsams / Jenny Zhang -- The naked man / Chigozie Obioma -- Your father's country / Alexander Chee -- The long answer / Yann Mounir Demange -- An American, told / Jean Hannah Edelstein -- On being Kim Kardashian / Chimene Suleyman -- Tour Diary / Basim Usmani -- Dispatches from the language wars / Daniel José Older -- Juana Azurduy versus Christopher Columbus / Adrián and Sebastián Villar Rojas -- No es suficiente / Dani Fernandez -- Skittles / Fatima Farheen Mirza -- Return to Macondo / Susanne Ramirez de Arellano -- 244 Million / Mona Chalabi -- How to center your own story / Jade Chang. |
| Summary |
Presents essays by first- and second-generation immigrant writers on the realities of immigration, multiculturalism, and marginalization in an increasingly divided America. |
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Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Minorities -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Shukla, Nikesh, editor.
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Suleyman, Chimène, editor.
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Khakpour, Porochista.
How to write Iranian-America, or The last essay.
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Dennis-Benn, Nicole.
Swimmer.
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Haile, Rahawa.
Sidra (in 12 movements).
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Cole, Teju.
On the blackness of the panther.
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Minhas, Priya.
How not to be.
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Oyéjidé, Walé.
After migration.
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Asghar, Fatimah.
On loneliness.
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Rao, Tejal.
Chooey-booey and Brown.
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Higgins, Maeve.
Luck of the Irish.
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Mallikarjuna, Krutika.
Her name was India.
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St. Germain, Jim.
Shithole nation.
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Zhang, Jenny.
Blond girls in Cheongsams.
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Obioma, Chigozie, 1986-
The naked man.
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Chee, Alexander.
Your father's country.
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Demange, Yann.
The long answer.
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Edelstein, Jean Hannah.
An American, told.
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Suleyman, Chimène.
On being Kim Kardashian.
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Usmani, Basim.
Tour diary.
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Older, Daniel José.
Dispatches from the language wars.
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Villar Rojas, Adrián, 1980-
Juana Azurduy versus Christopher Columbus.
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Villar Rojas, Sebastián, 1981-
Juana Azurduy versus Christopher Columbus.
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Fernández, Dani.
No es suficiente.
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Mirza, Fatima Farheen, 1991-
Skittles.
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Ramirez de Arellano, Susanne.
Return to Macondo.
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Chalabi, Mona.
244 Million.
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Chang, Jade, 1975-
How to center your own story.
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| Added Title |
26 writers reflect on America |
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Twenty-six writers reflect on America |
| ISBN |
9780316524285 (hardcover) |
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031652428X (hardcover) |
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