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A Stranger Among Us: Stories of Cross Cultural Collision and Connection

by Stacy Bierlein

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ISBN13: 9780976717737
ISBN10: 0976717735
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Thirty acclaimed writers of international fiction explore the stranger in tales of cultural clashes and bonds. These stories of disparate experience travel beyond politics and multicultural manners to become an essential discussion of otherness.

Contributors include Nathan Englander, Laila Lalami, Ana Menendez, Josip Novakovich, Wanda Coleman, Tony d'Souza, Samrat Upadhyay, Mary Yukari Waters, Luis Alfaro, and Amanda Eyre Ward, as well as other accomplished writers from Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe, some published for the first time in the United States.

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Thirty acclaimed writers of international fiction explore the stranger in tales of cultural clashes and bonds. These stories of disparate experience travel beyond politics and multicultural manners to become an essential discussion of otherness.

About the Author

Stacy Bierlein is a founding editor of OV Books and served as a contributing editor to the award-winning literary magazine Other Voices. Her current fiction, essays, and book reviews appear in various publications, including Standards: An International Journal of Multicultural Studies. She lives in Southern California. Aimee Liu is the author of the bestselling international novels Flash House, Cloud Mountain, and Face; as well as the memoirs, Solitaire, and Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders. Her work has been translated into more than eight languages. She teaches at Goddard College's Port Townsend MFA Program in Creative Writing.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780976717737
Subtitle:
Stories of Cross Cultural Collision and Connection
Author:
Bierlein, Stacy
Foreword:
Liu, Aimee
Publisher:
Other Voices
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Short stories
Subject:
Short stories, American
Subject:
Anthologies (multiple authors)
Subject:
Short Stories (Anthologies)
Publication Date:
April 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
8.98x6.29x1.21 in. 1.35 lbs.
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