{"product_id":"growing-up-ethnic-in-america-isbn-9780140280630","title":"Growing Up Ethnic in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eStories navigating the commplicated terrain of race in America, from acclaimed writers like Toni Morrison, E.L. Doctorow, Sandra Cisneros, Sherman Alexie, and Amy Tan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe editors who brought us \u003ci\u003eUnsettling America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIdentity Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e have compiled a short-story anthology that focuses on themes of racial and ethnic assimilation. With humor, passion, and grace, the contributors lay bare poignant attempts at conformity and the alienation sometimes experienced by ethnic Americans. But they also tell of the strength gained through the preservation of their communities, and the realization that it was often their difference from the norm that helped them to succeed. In pieces suggesting that American identity is far from settled, these writers illustrate the diversity that is the source of both the nation's great discord and infinite promise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These beautiful stories radiate with the poignant, ingenious ways young people come to terms with their ethnic identities, negotiating their families, school, friends and their futures . . . This exemplary collection fulfills the editors' aims: to open dialogue and encourage the telling of difficult, adaptive or affirming life experiences.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eE.L. Doctorow: The Writer in the Family\u003cbr\u003eAmy Tan: Rules of the Game\u003cbr\u003eGary Soto: Looking for Work\u003cbr\u003eBebe Moore Campbell: The Best Deal in America\u003cbr\u003eNash Candelaria: The Day the Cisco Kid Shot John Wayne\u003cbr\u003eDarryl Pinckney: The New Negro\u003cbr\u003eTiffany Midge: A Half-Breed's Dream Vacation\u003cbr\u003eKathryn Nocerino: Americanism\u003cbr\u003eFrank Chin: Railroad Standard Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrossing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJudith Ortiz Cofer: American History\u003cbr\u003eLouise Erdrich: The Red Convertible\u003cbr\u003eToni Morrison: \u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e The Bluest Eye\u003cbr\u003eLynne Sharon Schwartz: Killing the Bees\u003cbr\u003eMary Bucci Bush: Drowning\u003cbr\u003eLiz Rosenberg: Magic\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Asa Rose: The Cossacks of Connecticut\u003cbr\u003eSandra Cisneros: Mericans\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNegotiating\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGish Jen: What Means Switch\u003cbr\u003eLaura Boss: Myrna and Me\u003cbr\u003eBruce A. Jacobs: Dinner with Father\u003cbr\u003eBeena Kamlani: Brandy Cake\u003cbr\u003eEnid Dame: Drowning Kittens\u003cbr\u003eDiane Glancy: Portrait of the Lone Survivor\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Geha: Holy Toledo\u003cbr\u003eMaria Mazziotti Gillan: Carlton Fredericks and My Mother\u003cbr\u003eAfaa Michael Weaver: Honey Boy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBridging\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSherman Alexie: This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona\u003cbr\u003eVeronica Chambers: \u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Mama's Girl\u003cbr\u003eDiane di Prima: \u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Recollections of My Life as a Woman\u003cbr\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye: Red Velvet Dress\u003cbr\u003eFred L. Gardaphé: Grandpa's \"Chicaudies\"\u003cbr\u003eRoshni Rustomji: Thanksgiving in a Monsoonless Land\u003cbr\u003eSimon J. Ortiz: To Change in a Good Way\u003cbr\u003eHelena María Virmontes: The Moths\u003cbr\u003eSylvia A. Watanabe: Talking to the Dead\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"These beautiful stories radiate with the poignant, ingenious ways young people come to terms with their ethnic identities, negotiating their families, school, friends and their futures . . . This exemplary collection fulfills the editors' aims: to open dialogue and encourage the telling of difficult, adaptive or affirming life experiences.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003eMaria Mazziotti Gillan is the director of The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College  in Paterson, New Jersey. She is the author of five collections of poetry.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300819783909,"sku":"NP9780140280630","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140280630.jpg?v=1767728533","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/growing-up-ethnic-in-america-isbn-9780140280630","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}