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New to North America:
Writing By U.S. Immigrants, Their Children
and Grandchildren, Second Edition
Abby Lynn Bogomolny, Editor
ISBN-10: 09650665-6-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-9650665-6-3
376 pages, $29.95, paper
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Abstract:
New
to North America is a collection of fiction, essays,
poetry and memoir that documents the experiences and contributions
of three critical generations from immigrant to second generation
American. While the complex subject of immigration has been
oversimplified by national headlines, the voices of immigrants
have often been excluded from the debate. Our authors examine
issues of identity, memory, assimilation, language, acceptance,
struggle and the presence of "the American Dream."
Used in history, anthrology, ethnic studies, geography and
college composition classes, this text continues to voice
relevant cultural themes.
Authors
include Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Jose Antonio Burciaga,
Suheir Hammad, Maria de los Rios, Vincent Corvino, Dan Georgakas,
Joey Garcia, Chih Hao Huang, Sui Sin Far, Carolyn Flynn, Andrew
Lam, Marie Lee, Morton Marcus, Tara L. Masih, Lyn Lifshin,
Valerie Miner, Faye Moskowitz, Lola Rodriguez, Leslea Newman,
Grace Paley, Tony Diaz, Joey Garcia, Nahid Rachlin, Abby Bogomolny
and others!!!
New Second Edition Adds
Suheir Hammad's epic, life-affirming poem, "First Writing
Since"
New version of Anjali Banerjee's Goddess of Learning"
Updated "Looking to the Future, " the introduction
to Chapter 6 that explains 9/11's impact on immigrants and
changes to the country's landscape
New poem, "We Are the Miracle"
Rave
Reviews
Abby Bogomolny's collection of moving narratives, firsthand
testimonials by people who have been excluded from voicing
their own experiences, document in fiction, poetry, memoir
and essay the crossing of cultural and linguistic borders
and the precarious nature of negotiating life in the U.S.
They celebrate la lucha (the struggle) y la esperanza (the
hope) that keeps alive the immigrants' dream of a better life
and the desire to contribute new ways of being and conocimientos
(knowledges) to their adopted country. In this text of diverse
voices, Bogomolny interweaves refreshing responses to the
anti-immigration craze. It is a necessary addition to the
immigrant debate and a must for courses in literature, International
Studies and Multicultural and Ethnic Studies.
Gloria Anzaldua, author, Borderlands/La Frontera
Unlike
many immigrant readers, New to North America strongly represents
the experiences of people of color as well as people who arrived
on the West coast of this land, rather than taking the European
or Euro-American experience as the norm."
Feminist Bookstore News
"Poignant and sensitive, these short personal essay
and poems speak from the heart and deepen our understanding
of the immigrant experience—memories of war and dprivation;
the struggle to balance a peace between ties to old ways and
dreams of new opportunities; the contradictions between assimilation
and cultural diversity and the negotiation of identity and
cross generational tensions. I have used this book successfully
for many years in my immigration and ethnicity classes and
students inform me that it has oopened their eyes and resonated
with their own experiences."
Judith Marti, Professor,
Department of Anthropology,
California State University, Northridge,
co-author of Labor in Cross-Cultural
Perspective (with
E. Paul Durrenberger) and The Other Fifty
Percent,
Multicultural Perspectives on Gender Relations
(with Marti Womack).
To
Order Right Away Online: Small
Press Distribution or call (510) 524-1668
Specifiy New to North America, ISBN 09650665-6-8
Bulk bookstores, library and colleges, mail orders to
BBP, P.O. Box 4658, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Also available through Ingram.
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