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Growing Up Ethnic in America

Contemporary Fiction About Learning to Be American

Contemporary Fiction About Learning to Be American

Contemporary Fiction About Learning to Be American

By Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Jennifer Gillan

By Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Jennifer Gillan

By Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Jennifer Gillan

By Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Jennifer Gillan

By Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Jennifer Gillan
Read by Sumeet Bharati, Richard Brewer, Gabrielle De Cuir, Pamela D’Pella, Vanessa Hart, Roxanne Hernandez, Carrie Hight, Allyson Johnson, Hayden Lee, Donald Lopez, Andre Montgomery, Connie Mustang and Various

By Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Jennifer Gillan
Read by Sumeet Bharati, Richard Brewer, Gabrielle De Cuir, Pamela D’Pella, Vanessa Hart, Roxanne Hernandez, Carrie Hight, Allyson Johnson, Hayden Lee, Donald Lopez, Andre Montgomery, Connie Mustang and Various

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Nov 01, 1999 | ISBN 9780140280630

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Nov 01, 1999 | ISBN 9781101640203

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    About Growing Up Ethnic in America

    Stories navigating the commplicated terrain of race in America, from acclaimed writers like Toni Morrison, E.L. Doctorow, Sandra Cisneros, Sherman Alexie, and Amy Tan

    The editors who brought us Unsettling America and Identity Lessons have compiled a short-story anthology that focuses on themes of racial and ethnic assimilation. With humor, passion, and grace, the contributors lay bare poignant attempts at conformity and the alienation sometimes experienced by ethnic Americans. But they also tell of the strength gained through the preservation of their communities, and the realization that it was often their difference from the norm that helped them to succeed. In pieces suggesting that American identity is far from settled, these writers illustrate the diversity that is the source of both the nation’s great discord and infinite promise.

    “These beautiful stories radiate with the poignant, ingenious ways young people come to terms with their ethnic identities, negotiating their families, school, friends and their futures . . . This exemplary collection fulfills the editors’ aims: to open dialogue and encourage the telling of difficult, adaptive or affirming life experiences.” –Publisher’s Weekly

    About Growing Up Ethnic in America

    Stories navigating the commplicated terrain of race in America, from acclaimed writers like Toni Morrison, E.L. Doctorow, Sandra Cisneros, Sherman Alexie, and Amy Tan

    The editors who brought us Unsettling America and Identity Lessons have compiled a short-story anthology that focuses on themes of racial and ethnic assimilation. With humor, passion, and grace, the contributors lay bare poignant attempts at conformity and the alienation sometimes experienced by ethnic Americans. But they also tell of the strength gained through the preservation of their communities, and the realization that it was often their difference from the norm that helped them to succeed. In pieces suggesting that American identity is far from settled, these writers illustrate the diversity that is the source of both the nation’s great discord and infinite promise.

    “These beautiful stories radiate with the poignant, ingenious ways young people come to terms with their ethnic identities, negotiating their families, school, friends and their futures . . . This exemplary collection fulfills the editors’ aims: to open dialogue and encourage the telling of difficult, adaptive or affirming life experiences.” –Publisher’s Weekly

    About Growing Up Ethnic in America

    Stories navigating the commplicated terrain of race in America, from acclaimed writers like Toni Morrison, E.L. Doctorow, Sandra Cisneros, Sherman Alexie, and Amy Tan

    The editors who brought us Unsettling America and Identity Lessons have compiled a short-story anthology that focuses on themes of racial and ethnic assimilation. With humor, passion, and grace, the contributors lay bare poignant attempts at conformity and the alienation sometimes experienced by ethnic Americans. But they also tell of the strength gained through the preservation of their communities, and the realization that it was often their difference from the norm that helped them to succeed. In pieces suggesting that American identity is far from settled, these writers illustrate the diversity that is the source of both the nation’s great discord and infinite promise.

    “These beautiful stories radiate with the poignant, ingenious ways young people come to terms with their ethnic identities, negotiating their families, school, friends and their futures . . . This exemplary collection fulfills the editors’ aims: to open dialogue and encourage the telling of difficult, adaptive or affirming life experiences.” –Publisher’s Weekly

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    About Maria Mazziotti Gillan

    Maria Mazziotti Gillan is the director of The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, New Jersey. She… More about Maria Mazziotti Gillan

    About Maria Mazziotti Gillan

    Maria Mazziotti Gillan is the director of The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, New Jersey. She… More about Maria Mazziotti Gillan

    About Maria Mazziotti Gillan

    Maria Mazziotti Gillan is the director of The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, New Jersey. She… More about Maria Mazziotti Gillan

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $19.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Nov 01, 1999 | 400 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780140280630

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Nov 01, 1999 | 400 Pages | ISBN 9781101640203

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $22.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Dec 18, 2018 | 768 Minutes | ISBN 9781984844712

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    Praise

    “These beautiful stories radiate with the poignant, ingenious ways young people come to terms with their ethnic identities, negotiating their families, school, friends and their futures . . . This exemplary collection fulfills the editors’ aims: to open dialogue and encourage the telling of difficult, adaptive or affirming life experiences.” –Publisher’s Weekly

    Table Of Contents

    Introduction

    Performing
    E.L. Doctorow: The Writer in the Family
    Amy Tan: Rules of the Game
    Gary Soto: Looking for Work
    Bebe Moore Campbell: The Best Deal in America
    Nash Candelaria: The Day the Cisco Kid Shot John Wayne
    Darryl Pinckney: The New Negro
    Tiffany Midge: A Half-Breed’s Dream Vacation
    Kathryn Nocerino: Americanism
    Frank Chin: Railroad Standard Time

    Crossing
    Judith Ortiz Cofer: American History
    Louise Erdrich: The Red Convertible
    Toni Morrison: from The Bluest Eye
    Lynne Sharon Schwartz: Killing the Bees
    Mary Bucci Bush: Drowning
    Liz Rosenberg: Magic
    Daniel Asa Rose: The Cossacks of Connecticut
    Sandra Cisneros: Mericans

    Negotiating
    Gish Jen: What Means Switch
    Laura Boss: Myrna and Me
    Bruce A. Jacobs: Dinner with Father
    Beena Kamlani: Brandy Cake
    Enid Dame: Drowning Kittens
    Diane Glancy: Portrait of the Lone Survivor
    Joseph Geha: Holy Toledo
    Maria Mazziotti Gillan: Carlton Fredericks and My Mother
    Afaa Michael Weaver: Honey Boy

    Bridging
    Sherman Alexie: This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona
    Veronica Chambers: from Mama’s Girl
    Diane di Prima: from Recollections of My Life as a Woman
    Naomi Shihab Nye: Red Velvet Dress
    Fred L. Gardaphé: Grandpa’s “Chicaudies”
    Roshni Rustomji: Thanksgiving in a Monsoonless Land
    Simon J. Ortiz: To Change in a Good Way
    Helena María Virmontes: The Moths
    Sylvia A. Watanabe: Talking to the Dead

    Contributors
    Index

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