Alien nation : 36 true tales of immigration

Book 2021

"Originally told on-stage and adapted here for the page, these 36 fascinating, unique, and celebratory stories of migration, culture shock, family, and life come from well-known voices including Sonia Manzano, Alexander Chee, André Aciman, Laura Gómez, Aparna Nancherla as well as regular people hailing from every corner of the world. The past and present of immigration in the United States springs to life in this anthology of stories compiled a...

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Children of immigrants United States Social conditions

Immigrants United States Anecdotes

Immigrants United States Social conditions

United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects

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ISBN:

9780063062047

Edition:

First edition

Description:

viii, 272 pages ; 22 cm

Contents:

The inheritance of bone / Cleyvis Natera
The scream / Danusia Trevino
My family WhatsApp group / Mazin Sidahmed
What it takes to make a dream come true / Hass Agili
Is this thing on? / Aparna Nancherla
The nostalgia bug / André Aciman
True identity / Tatenda Ngwaru
On modesty / Abeer Hoque
1993-2018 / Khalid Warsame
Good dogs, good humans / Noël Duan
Don't they have irons in America? / Magogodi Oamphela Makhene
The table of the kings / Xavier Trevino
The limpia / Xochitl Gonzalez
A little tattle-tale around the nannying gig / Christine Yvette Lewis
My heart's journey home / Hisla Bates
Birth / Sofija Stefanovic
The heart attack uncle / Alexander Chee
Three decades of unsolicited fashion advice from a migrant mother / Alice Pung
An island unto herself / Roxanne Fequiere
Second language / Maria Tumarkin
Ungrateful / Mashuq Mushtaq Deen
Mortar, porcelain / Brick Kay Iguh
Crisis (Christian rappers influenced by scripture infiltrating Satan) / Rufat Agayev
My china / Agustinus Wibowo
Don't follow your dreams (especially, the American dream) / Emma Ramos
Sweet stinking elevators / Zuzanna Szadkowski
Jaikisan Heights / Suketu Mehta
The great divide : on a trip upstate, learning to listen / Laura Gómez
The river / Rojo Perez
Go back to your country / Maysoon Zayid
The foreign girl / Siri Hustvedt
Puerto Rico of my dreams / Sonia Manzano
Friendly enemy aliens / Paul Holdengräber
Field notes from my youth / Tanaïs
Where did we go? / DJ Tikka Masala
Leaving Cabramatta / Matt Huynh

LCCN:

2021014843

Control Number:

3092257

Other Authors:

Stefanovic, Sofija, editor

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