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The good immigrant, 26 writers reflect on America, edited by Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman

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The good immigrant, 26 writers reflect on America, edited by Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman
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The good immigrant
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edited by Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman
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26 writers reflect on America
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"From Trump's proposed border wall and travel ban to the marching of white supremacists in Charlottesville, the United States is consumed by tensions over immigration and the questions of who is welcome, and why, and who will speak for them. The Good Immigrant hands the microphone to writers who share powerful personal stories of living between cultures and languages while struggling to figure out who they are and where they belong. Chigozie Obioma unpacks an Igbo proverb that helped him navigate his journey to America from Nigeria. Jenny Zhang analyzes cultural appropriation in nineties fashion, recalling her own pain and confusion as a teenager trying to fit in. Fatimah Asghar describes the flood of memory and emotion triggered by an encounter with an Uber driver from Kashmir. Alexander Chee writes of a visit to Korea that changed his relationship with his heritage."--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
How to write Iranian-America, or the last essay / Porochista Khakpour -- Swimmer / Nicole Dennis-Benn -- Sidra (in 12 movements) / Rahawa Haile -- On the blackness of the panther / Teju Cole -- How not to be / Priya Minhas -- After migration: the once and future kings / Wale Oyejide -- On loneliness / Fatimah Asghar -- Chooey-Booey and brown / Tejal Rao -- Luck of the Irish / Maeve Higgins -- Her name was India / Krutika Mallikarjuna -- Shithole nation / Jim St. Germain -- Blond girls in Cheongsams / Jenny Zhang -- The naked man / Chigozie Obioma -- Your father's country / Alexander Chee -- The long answer / Yann Mounir Demange -- An American, told / Jean Hannah Edelstein -- On being Kim Kardashian / Chimene Suleyman -- Tour Diary / Basim Usmani -- Dispatches from the language wars / Daniel Jose Older -- Juana Azurduy versus Christopher Columbus / Adrian and Sebastian Villar Rojas -- No es suficiente / Dani Fernandez -- Skittles / Fatima Farheen Mirza -- Return to Macondo / Susanne Ramirez de Arellano -- 244 Million / Mona Chalabi -- How to center your own story / Jade Chang
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