Dinarzad's children an anthology of contemporary Arab American fiction /
Dinarzad's children an anthology of contemporary Arab American fiction /
edited by Pauline Kaldas and Khaled Mattawa.
- second edition.
- Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, (c)2009.
- 1 online resource (xx, 404 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
I. First generation: The new world / Airport / In-country / Easy to say / How we are bound / Edge of rock / Manar of Hama / Salad lady / Coal bin / My Elizabeth / And what else? / Stage directions for an extended conversation / The wedding night / Distances / Ohio / Maryam and Marisa / It's not about that / How I became my mother's daughter / Mariam / Sugar in Amman / He had dreamed of returning / First snow / The fifty-foot woman / The Lebanon-Detroit Express / The American way / Susan Muaddi Darraj -- Pauline Kaldas -- Rabih Alameddine -- Sahar Mustafah -- Patricia Sarrafian Ward; II. Cross-cultural encounters: News from Phoenix / Joseph Geha -- May Mansoor Munn -- Mohja Kahf -- Rawi Hage -- D.H. Melhem -- Diana Abu-Jaber ; III. Relationships: Oh, Lebanon / Evelyn Shakir -- Joseph Geha -- Yussef El Guindi -- Zahie El Kouri -- Hedy Habra ; IV. Politics: Hair, prayer, and men / Laila Halaby -- Yussef El Guindi -- David Williams -- Samia Serageldin ; V. Looking homeward: A day at the beach / Alia Yunis -- Laila Lalami -- Hedy Habra -- Amal Masri ; VI. Shaping identities: Lost in freakin' Yonkers / Randa Jarrar -- Pauline Kaldas -- Khaled Mattawa -- Nabeel Abraham -- Alia Yunis -- Frances Khirallah Noble.
Pauline Kaldas is assistant professor of English and creative writing at Hollins University. She was born in Egypt and immigrated to the United States in 1969. She is the author of Letters from Cairo and Egyptian Compass. Khaled Mattawa, a 2014 MacArthur fellow, is associate professor Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was born in Libya and immigrated to the United States in 1979. He is the author of four books of poetry and a number of translations of contemporary Arab poetry. His work has won two Pushcart Prizes, a Guggenheim Fellowship,
9781610751261
American fiction--Arab American authors.
American fiction--20th century.
American fiction--21st century.
Arab Americans--Fiction.
Short stories, American.
Electronic Books.
PS647 / .D563 2009
Includes bibliographies and index.
I. First generation: The new world / Airport / In-country / Easy to say / How we are bound / Edge of rock / Manar of Hama / Salad lady / Coal bin / My Elizabeth / And what else? / Stage directions for an extended conversation / The wedding night / Distances / Ohio / Maryam and Marisa / It's not about that / How I became my mother's daughter / Mariam / Sugar in Amman / He had dreamed of returning / First snow / The fifty-foot woman / The Lebanon-Detroit Express / The American way / Susan Muaddi Darraj -- Pauline Kaldas -- Rabih Alameddine -- Sahar Mustafah -- Patricia Sarrafian Ward; II. Cross-cultural encounters: News from Phoenix / Joseph Geha -- May Mansoor Munn -- Mohja Kahf -- Rawi Hage -- D.H. Melhem -- Diana Abu-Jaber ; III. Relationships: Oh, Lebanon / Evelyn Shakir -- Joseph Geha -- Yussef El Guindi -- Zahie El Kouri -- Hedy Habra ; IV. Politics: Hair, prayer, and men / Laila Halaby -- Yussef El Guindi -- David Williams -- Samia Serageldin ; V. Looking homeward: A day at the beach / Alia Yunis -- Laila Lalami -- Hedy Habra -- Amal Masri ; VI. Shaping identities: Lost in freakin' Yonkers / Randa Jarrar -- Pauline Kaldas -- Khaled Mattawa -- Nabeel Abraham -- Alia Yunis -- Frances Khirallah Noble.
Pauline Kaldas is assistant professor of English and creative writing at Hollins University. She was born in Egypt and immigrated to the United States in 1969. She is the author of Letters from Cairo and Egyptian Compass. Khaled Mattawa, a 2014 MacArthur fellow, is associate professor Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was born in Libya and immigrated to the United States in 1979. He is the author of four books of poetry and a number of translations of contemporary Arab poetry. His work has won two Pushcart Prizes, a Guggenheim Fellowship,
9781610751261
American fiction--Arab American authors.
American fiction--20th century.
American fiction--21st century.
Arab Americans--Fiction.
Short stories, American.
Electronic Books.
PS647 / .D563 2009