Synopses & Reviews
Thirty-seven short stories from 1900 to the present, written by some of our best authors--African, Asian, European, Jewish, Middle Eastern, and Native American--follow the waves of immigration into and migration within the United States. These stories are unique in time and circumstance, yet they address a common dilemma: how to reconcile America's mythologized "promise" with its more complex reality. New to the collection are Sherman Alexie, Michelle Cliff, Edwidge Danticat, Junot Diaz, Chitra Divakaruni, Jewelle Gomez, Thomas King, Bruce Morrow, Agnes Rossi, and David Wong Louie. They join Toni Cade Bambara, Richard Bausch, Marita Bonner, Nash Candelaria, Sandra Cisneros, Louise Erdrich, Mei Mei Evans, Oscar Hijuelos, Gish Jen, LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, Kim Yong Ik, Monfoon Leong, Bernard Malamud, Paule Marshall, Nicholasa Mohr, Toshio Mori, Bharati Mukherjee, Mikhail Naimy, Tahira Naqvi, Gregory Orfalea, Grace Paley, Jeanne Schinto, Leslie Marmon Silko, Michael Stephens, Sui Sin Far, Alice Walker, and Hisaye Yamamoto--making this, once again, the most authoritative and useful multicultural collection available.
Synopsis
The acclaimed multicultural fiction anthology, updated to include recent writers.
About the Author
Wesley Brown, novelist and playwright, is also the editor of Imagining America and Visions of America. He is on the faculty of Rutgers University.Amy Ling (d. 1999), critic and scholar, was the founding director of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Table of Contents
In the land of the free /Sui Sin Far --Thewhipping /Marita Bonner --TheEnglish lesson /Nicholasa Mohr --TheGerman refugee /Bernard Malamud --They won't crack it open /Kim Yong Ik --Awife's story /Bharati Mukherjee --Silver pavements, golden roofs /Chitra Divakaruni --Theblossoming of Bongbong /Jessica Hagedorn --Children of the sea /Edwidge Danticat --His grace /Mikhail Naimy --Japanese hamlet /Toshio Mori --New year for Fong Wing /Monfoon Leong --Seventeen syllables /Hisaye Yamamoto --Thelesson /Toni Cade Bambara --Thedeath of Horatio Alger /LeRoi Jones, Amiri Baraka --In the American society /Gish Jen --Near the end of the world /Bruce Morrow --Don't explanin /Jewelle Gomez --Hungry dog /Agnes Rossi --Theloudest voice /Grace Paley --Theman to send rain clouds /Leslie Marmon Silko --American horse /Louise Erdrich --ElPatrâon /Nash Candelaria --Thank God for the Jews /Tahira Naqvi --Gussuk /Mei Mei Evans --Barbie-Q /Sandra Cisneros --Birthday /David Wong Louie --Borders /Thomas King --How to date a browngirl, blackgirl, whitegirl, or halfie /Junot Dâiaz --Old West /Richard Bausch --Elethia /Alice Walker --Visitors, 1965 /Oscar Hijuelos --Thedisappearance /Jeanne Schinto --Thechandelier /Gregory Orfalea --Five jack cool /Michael Stephens --To Da-Duh, in memoriam /Paule Marshall --Election day, 1984 /Michelle Cliff --Adrug called tradition /Sherman Alexie.