The Good Immigrant : : 26 Writers Reflect on America

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Call Number: 305.8 Go, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Politics / Good Immigrant
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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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.
Presents essays by first- and second-generation immigrant writers on the realities of immigration, multiculturalism, and marginalization in an increasingly divided America.
Contents: How to write Iranian-America, or The last essay. -- Swimmer. -- Sidra (in 12 movements). -- On the blackness of the panther. -- How not to be. -- After migration. -- On loneliness. -- Chooey-booey and Brown. -- Luck of the Irish. -- Her name was India. -- Shithole nation. -- Blond girls in Cheongsams. -- The naked man. -- Your father's country. -- The long answer. -- An American, told. -- On being Kim Kardashian. -- Tour diary. -- Dispatches from the language wars. -- Juana Azurduy versus Christopher Columbus. -- No es suficiente. -- Skittles. -- Return to Macondo. -- 244 Million. -- How to center your own story.

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