Imagining America : stories from the promised land /
Imagining America : stories from the promised land / [print]
edited by Wesley Brown and Amy Ling.
- revisedition. edition.
- New York : Persea Books, (c)2002.
- 404 pages ; 23 cm.
- Karen & Michael Braziller Book .
"A Karen & Michael Braziller book." "A multicultural anthology of American fiction"--Cover.
In the land of the free / The whipping / The English lesson / The German refugee / They won't crack it open / A wife's story / Silver pavements, golden roofs / The blossoming of Bongbong / Children of the sea / His grace / Japanese hamlet / New year for Fong Wing / Seventeen syllables / The lesson / The death of Horatio Alger / In the American society / Near the end of the world / Don't explanin / Hungry dog / The loudest voice / The man to send rain clouds / American horse / El Patrón / Thank God for the Jews / Gussuk / Barbie-Q / Birthday / Borders / How to date a browngirl, blackgirl, whitegirl, or halfie / Old West / Elethia / Visitors, 1965 / The disappearance / The chandelier / Five jack cool / To Da-Duh, in memoriam / Election day, 1984 / A drug called tradition / Sui Sin Far -- Marita Bonner -- Nicholasa Mohr -- Bernard Malamud -- Kim Yong Ik -- Bharati Mukherjee -- Chitra Divakaruni -- Jessica Hagedorn -- Edwidge Danticat ; Mikhail Naimy -- Toshio Mori -- Monfoon Leong -- Hisaye Yamamoto -- Toni Cade Bambara -- LeRoi Jones, Amiri Baraka -- Gish Jen -- Bruce Morrow -- Jewelle Gomez -- Agnes Rossi ; Grace Paley -- Leslie Marmon Silko -- Louise Erdrich -- Nash Candelaria -- Tahira Naqvi -- Mei Mei Evans -- Sandra Cisneros -- David Wong Louie -- Thomas King -- Junot Díaz ; Richard Bausch -- Alice Walker -- Oscar Hijuelos -- Jeanne Schinto -- Gregory Orfalea ; -- Michael Stephens ; -- Paule Marshall ; -- Michelle Cliff -- Sherman Alexie.
Presents stories written by authors of diverse cultural backgrounds, including Alice Walker, Oscar Hijuelos, Sherman Alexie, Michelle Cliff, Mei Mei Evans, LeRoi Jones, and Sui Sin Far.
9780892552771
2002116921
019125239 Uk
American fiction--Minority authors.
American fiction--20th century.
Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Minorities--Fiction.
Short stories.
PS647.L755.I434 2002 PS647
"A Karen & Michael Braziller book." "A multicultural anthology of American fiction"--Cover.
In the land of the free / The whipping / The English lesson / The German refugee / They won't crack it open / A wife's story / Silver pavements, golden roofs / The blossoming of Bongbong / Children of the sea / His grace / Japanese hamlet / New year for Fong Wing / Seventeen syllables / The lesson / The death of Horatio Alger / In the American society / Near the end of the world / Don't explanin / Hungry dog / The loudest voice / The man to send rain clouds / American horse / El Patrón / Thank God for the Jews / Gussuk / Barbie-Q / Birthday / Borders / How to date a browngirl, blackgirl, whitegirl, or halfie / Old West / Elethia / Visitors, 1965 / The disappearance / The chandelier / Five jack cool / To Da-Duh, in memoriam / Election day, 1984 / A drug called tradition / Sui Sin Far -- Marita Bonner -- Nicholasa Mohr -- Bernard Malamud -- Kim Yong Ik -- Bharati Mukherjee -- Chitra Divakaruni -- Jessica Hagedorn -- Edwidge Danticat ; Mikhail Naimy -- Toshio Mori -- Monfoon Leong -- Hisaye Yamamoto -- Toni Cade Bambara -- LeRoi Jones, Amiri Baraka -- Gish Jen -- Bruce Morrow -- Jewelle Gomez -- Agnes Rossi ; Grace Paley -- Leslie Marmon Silko -- Louise Erdrich -- Nash Candelaria -- Tahira Naqvi -- Mei Mei Evans -- Sandra Cisneros -- David Wong Louie -- Thomas King -- Junot Díaz ; Richard Bausch -- Alice Walker -- Oscar Hijuelos -- Jeanne Schinto -- Gregory Orfalea ; -- Michael Stephens ; -- Paule Marshall ; -- Michelle Cliff -- Sherman Alexie.
Presents stories written by authors of diverse cultural backgrounds, including Alice Walker, Oscar Hijuelos, Sherman Alexie, Michelle Cliff, Mei Mei Evans, LeRoi Jones, and Sui Sin Far.
9780892552771
2002116921
019125239 Uk
American fiction--Minority authors.
American fiction--20th century.
Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Minorities--Fiction.
Short stories.
PS647.L755.I434 2002 PS647