Half and Half
Writers on Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural
Writers on Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural
By Claudine C. O’Hearn
By Claudine C. O’Hearn
By Claudine C. O’Hearn
By Claudine C. O’Hearn
Category: Biography & Memoir
Category: Biography & Memoir
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Paperback $15.95
Jun 09, 1998 | ISBN 9780375700118
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Praise
“The future is here in these fascinating looks at complicated identities. Insightful, hilarious, and often heartbreaking. I can’t wait for my daughter (part Cuban, part Japanese, part Jewish) to grow up and read it.”
—Cristina García, author of The Agüero Sisters
Table Of Contents
Introduction by Claudine Chiawei O’Hearn vii
LOST IN PLACE by Garrett Hongo 1
THE MULATTO MILLENIUM by Danny Senna 12
THE DOUBLE HELIX by Roxane Farmanfarmaian 28
CALIFORNIA PALMS by lê thi diem thúy 38
MORO LIKE ME by Francisco Goldman 49
THE ROAD FROM BALLYGUNGE by Bharati Mukherjee 71
REFLECTIONS ON MY DAUGHTER by David Mura 80
LIFE AS AN ALIEN by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah 99
LOST IN THE MIDDLE by Malcolm Gladwell 112
THE FUNERAL BANQUET by Lisa See 125
A WHITE WOMAN OF COLOR by Julia Álvarez 139
A MIDDLE PASSAGE by Philippe Wamba 150
FOOD AND THE IMMIGRANT by Indira Ganesan 170
WHAT COLOR IS JESUS? by James McBride 181
POSTCARDS FROM “HOME” by Lori Tsang 197
FROM HERE TO POLAND by Nina Mehta 216
TECHNICOLOR by Rubén Martinez 245
AN ETHNIC TRUMP by Gish Jen 265
About the Authors 269
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