CLOSURE: Central Library will be closed Tuesday, July 21, through Saturday, July 25, while emergency repairs are made to the building’s cooling system. We expect to reopen Monday, July 27. Click for more details on holds, program schedules, and returns during the closure. 

Notice of Public Meeting: Kalamazoo Public Library Board of Trustees | July 27 | 5:30 pm | Central Library/Van Deusen Room. The packet of information for the meeting can be found on the library’s website. 

NOTICE: Due to a power outage, Oshtemo Branch Library is closed Tuesday, July 21 until further notice.  

Book

The good immigrant : 26 writers reflect on America

Call Number

  • 305.8 G6464 (CEN)

Browse similar titles by call number

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.

Physical Description

xii, 324 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

Presents essays by first- and second-generation immigrant writers on the realities of immigration, multiculturalism, and marginalization in an increasingly divided America.

Contents

  • How to write Iranian-America, or the last essay / Swimmer / Sidra (in 12 movements) / On the blackness of the panther / How not to be / After migration: the once and future kings / On loneliness / Chooey-Booey and brown / Luck of the Irish / Her name was India / Shithole nation / Blond girls in Cheongsams / The naked man / Your father's country / The long answer / An American, told / On being Kim Kardashian / Tour Diary / Dispatches from the language wars / Juana Azurduy versus Christopher Columbus / No es suficiente / Skittles / Return to Macondo / 244 Million / How to center your own story / Jade Chang.

Subjects

Genres

Essays.