{"product_id":"identity-lessons-isbn-9780140271676","title":"Identity Lessons","description":"In stories and poems that explore how our society shapes us, \u003cb\u003eIdentity Lessons\u003c\/b\u003e features a wide array of ethnic perspectives on growing up in America. Leading the reader into the living-rooms, boardrooms, classrooms, and movie houses of America, distinguished writers from  all points of the American ethnic landscape shed light on the space between conformity and difference, and examine the struggle between the need to belong and the pull of one's cultural roots. With insight, wit, and poignancy, the contributors to this anthology recall their attempts to reconcile family from the old country with the powerful messages about race, gender and class confronting them in their new surroundings. A collection of superb and moving writing, \u003cb\u003eIdentity Lessons\u003c\/b\u003e deconstructs conceptions of personal and national identity, and forms an indispensable primer for understanding our cultural selves.Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. Family Primer I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNames - Ruth Stone\u003cbr\u003ePokeberries - Ruth Stone\u003cbr\u003eBeets - Tiffany Midge\u003cbr\u003eMagnalia Christi Americana - T.H.S. Wallace\u003cbr\u003edaughters - Lucille Clifton\u003cbr\u003efury - Lucille Clifton\u003cbr\u003eDear Mama - Sonia Sanchez\u003cbr\u003eLinked - Naomi Shihab Nye\u003cbr\u003eI Go Back to May 1937 - Sharon Olds\u003cbr\u003eThe Portrait - Stanley Kunitz\u003cbr\u003eCracked Portraits - Agha Shahid Ali\u003cbr\u003eThose Were the Days - Philip Levine\u003cbr\u003eThe Substitute - Stephen Dunn\u003cbr\u003eThe Liar - Tobias Wolff\u003cbr\u003eDaddy, We Called You - Maria Mazziotti Gillan\u003cbr\u003eSangre 24: A Legacy - Leroy V. Quintana\u003cbr\u003eWorking Class - Lenard D. Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e attic - Justin Vitiello\u003cbr\u003eAlways Running - Luis J. Rodríguez\u003cbr\u003eCompany Outing - Diane Der-Hovanessian\u003cbr\u003eTending - Elizabeth Alexander\u003cbr\u003eI cannot write a poem to bless all the givers of pain - Honorée Jeffers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Family Primer II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamily - Grace Paley\u003cbr\u003eWhy the Violin Is Better - Hal Sirowitz\u003cbr\u003eMy Aunts - Anthony Valerio\u003cbr\u003eMy Son Is Worried About Me - Laura Boss\u003cbr\u003eThe Word You Did Not Speak - Vivian Shipley\u003cbr\u003eWords for My Daughter from the Asylum - Hayden Carruth\u003cbr\u003eMy Mad Son Helps Me Into Heaven - Arthur L. Clements\u003cbr\u003eThe Children - Diane di Prima\u003cbr\u003eMother's Voice - Robert Creeley\u003cbr\u003eSinging Lessons - Rochelle Ratner\u003cbr\u003ephoto poem - Vittoria repetto\u003cbr\u003eSaying Farewell to My Father - James P. Handlin\u003cbr\u003eThe Birthday—August 25, 1980 - Edgar Gabriel Silex\u003cbr\u003eLate - Terrance Hayes\u003cbr\u003eHotel Nights with My Mother - Linda McCarriston\u003cbr\u003eLegacy - Stephen Dunn\u003cbr\u003eApples - Shirley Kaufman\u003cbr\u003eDay Worker - Lamont B. Steptoe\u003cbr\u003eBreakfast - Yictove\u003cbr\u003eShelling Shrimp - Lê Thi Diem Thúy\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Lesson - Toni Libro\u003cbr\u003ePoem for My Father - Quincy Troupe\u003cbr\u003eSports Heroes, Cops, and Lace - Michael Lally\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Calling Roll\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Riddle of Noah - Maxine Kumin\u003cbr\u003eBaptisms - Joseph Bruchac\u003cbr\u003eFreedom Candy - E. Ethelbert Miller\u003cbr\u003eThe Boots of Alfred Bettingdorf - Daniel Gabriel\u003cbr\u003eSay What? - Amiri Baraka\u003cbr\u003eSangre 14: Sterling, Colorado - Leroy V. Quintana\u003cbr\u003eThe Loss of a Culture - Antonio D'Alfonso\u003cbr\u003eCoffee- Wanda Coleman\u003cbr\u003eHorns on Your Head - Hal Sirowitz\u003cbr\u003eThe Middle Classes - Lynne Sharon Schwartz\u003cbr\u003eRight Off the Bat - Leslea Newman\u003cbr\u003eFrench Girls Are Fast - Cheryl Savageau\u003cbr\u003eMy Rough Skinned Grandmother - Tina Chang\u003cbr\u003eKemo Sabe - Diane Glancy\u003cbr\u003eDictionary of Terminology - Tony Medina\u003cbr\u003eA New Story - SImon J. Ortiz\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Pledging Allegiance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Poets - Afaa M. Weaver\u003cbr\u003eSeven Horses - Marge Piercy\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Wild Horses in Kentucky - Vivian Shipley\u003cbr\u003eLearning Silence - Maria Mazziotti Gillan\u003cbr\u003eHome Training - Bruce A. Jacobs\u003cbr\u003eHalf-Breed's Song - Adrian C. Louis\u003cbr\u003eMestizo - Alfred Encarnacion\u003cbr\u003eTangerine - Susan Deer Cloud Clements\u003cbr\u003eBetween Holi and Halloween - Beena Kamlani\u003cbr\u003eStrange Country - Julie Parson-Nesbitt\u003cbr\u003eRoomers, rumors - Marge Piercy\u003cbr\u003eLanguage Difficulties - Kathryn Nocerino\u003cbr\u003eThe Welcome Table - Lee Martin\u003cbr\u003eHigh School: San Martin - Renny Christopher\u003cbr\u003eOn the Subway - Sharon Olds\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. School Daze\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the Elementary School Choir - Gregory Djanikian\u003cbr\u003eSixth Grade - Marie Howe\u003cbr\u003eThe Jacket - Gary Soto\u003cbr\u003eLadies' Choice - Tony Ardizzone\u003cbr\u003eAs Children Together - Carolyn Forché\u003cbr\u003eThe Silence That Widened - Tom Romano\u003cbr\u003eCaroline - Allison Joseph\u003cbr\u003ePoem for Anthony, Otherwise Known as Head - Sean Thomas Dougherty\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Personal and Impersonal Landscapes - Diane Wakoski\u003cbr\u003eThe Dance at St. Gabriel's - Felix Stefanile\u003cbr\u003eYellow Roses - Lyn Lifshin\u003cbr\u003eHigh School Reunion - Denise Duhamel\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of My Life - Liz Rosenberg\u003cbr\u003eWearing of the Green - Anthony F. Bruno\u003cbr\u003eThe Boy Without a Flag - Abraham Rodriguez Jr.\u003cbr\u003eEarly Snow - Dona Luongo Stein\u003cbr\u003eButch Traynor - Michael S. Glaser\u003cbr\u003eThe Weird Kid - Mark Vinz\u003cbr\u003eSterling Williams' Nosebleed - David Chin\u003cbr\u003eLosing Faith - Mary McLaughlin Slechta\u003cbr\u003eAltar Boy - Charles Rossiter\u003cbr\u003eSchool of Night - Toi Derricotte\u003cbr\u003eNo Consolation - Robert Phillips\u003cbr\u003eThe Way of the Cross - Len Roberts\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI. Learning by Rote\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTeaching English from an Old Composition Book - Gary Soto\u003cbr\u003eAmong Children - Philip Levine\u003cbr\u003eOur Room - Molly Peacock\u003cbr\u003eChinese in Academia - Shirely Geok-lin Lim\u003cbr\u003eFor Sal Sanjamino: On His Retirement - Stanley H. Barkan\u003cbr\u003ePoem on the First Day of School - Peter Cooley\u003cbr\u003eBig World, Little Man - William Stafford\u003cbr\u003eA Long Way - Ralph Salisbury\u003cbr\u003eThe First Day - Edward P. Jones\u003cbr\u003ePennies - David Ray\u003cbr\u003eShame - Francisco X. Alarcón\u003cbr\u003eDisc 'n Dat - Grace Cavalieri\u003cbr\u003eThe Captain of the Safeties - Maria Fama\u003cbr\u003eSenior Will - David Haynes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII. Our Bodies, Ourselves\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy Father's Love Letters - Yusef Komunyakaa\u003cbr\u003eMortal Sins - Maureen Seaton\u003cbr\u003eTraining Bra - Maria Mazziotti Gillan\u003cbr\u003eThe One Girl at the Boys' Party - Sharon Olds\u003cbr\u003eThe Boy - Marie Howe\u003cbr\u003ePracticing - Marie Howe\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Drops of This Story - Suheir Hammad\u003cbr\u003ePlaying with Dolls - David Trinidad\u003cbr\u003eRice and Beans - Rafael Campo\u003cbr\u003eDefining Us - Rafael Campo\u003cbr\u003eImagining Drag - Rafael Campo\u003cbr\u003eChoice in Colored Rain - Lisa Yun\u003cbr\u003eGraffiti - Margie Norris\u003cbr\u003eThe Girls - Diane Wakoski\u003cbr\u003eAunt Dorothy - Laura Boss\u003cbr\u003eAunt Rose - Laura Boss\u003cbr\u003eThe Accordion - Rachel Guido deVries\u003cbr\u003eUncle Earl and Guns - Walt McDonald\u003cbr\u003eLegacy - Chris Kennedy\u003cbr\u003eThe Politics of Buddy - Leslea Newman\u003cbr\u003e\"You know what I'm saying?\" - Allen Ginsberg\u003cbr\u003eThe Robe - Afaa M. Weaver\u003cbr\u003eAcupuncture and Cleansing at Forty-eight - Len Roberts\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVIII. Beyond Dick and Jane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGarden State - Allen Ginsberg\u003cbr\u003eThelonious - Afaa M. Weaver\u003cbr\u003eRobin's Nest - Janice Eidus\u003cbr\u003eReal Life - Mary Ann Mannino\u003cbr\u003eJetties Were the Bridges I Crossed - Nancy Mercado\u003cbr\u003eRock'n'Roll - M.L. Liebler\u003cbr\u003eSally - Frank Finale\u003cbr\u003ePainting the Christmas Trees - Joe E. Weil\u003cbr\u003eCity Lights - Diane di Prima\u003cbr\u003eThere I Was One Day - Gerald Stern\u003cbr\u003eAn American in Trapani - Nat Scammacca\u003cbr\u003eMade You Mine, America - Ali Zarrin\u003cbr\u003eOde to Elizabeth - Joe E. Weil\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Krik? Krak! - Edwidge Danticat\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e This Past Decade and the Next - Eliot Katz\u003cbr\u003eSecond-Grade Angel - Len Roberts\u003cbr\u003eMiz Rosa Rides the Bus - Angela Jackson\u003cbr\u003eThe Summer of Black Widows - Sherman Alexie\u003cbr\u003eTourists - Sherman Alexie\u003cbr\u003eLike Mexicans - Gary Soto\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Milk - Ruth Stone\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaria Mazziotti Gillan is the director of The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College  in Paterson, New Jersey. 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