Book
The good immigrant : 26 writers reflect on America
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.