Coming of Age in the 21st Century Growing up in America Today

Name: Coming of Age in the 21st Century Growing up in America Today
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ISBN: 9781595580559

ISBN-10: 1595580557

ISBN-13: 9781595580559

Edition: 2008

Authors: Mary Frosch

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A follow-up to the critically acclaimed and bestselling multicultural collection of stories about growing up in America--with new selections for a new century. "All of us, at some moment, have had a vision of our existence as something unique, untransferable, and very precious. This revelation almost always takes place during adolescence. Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall--that of our consciousness--between the world and ourselves."--Octavio Paz,The Labyrinth of Solitude Following in the footsteps of the highly successfulComing of Age in AmericaandComing of Age Around the World, this new anthology of fiction…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 10/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 319
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Families Are Not All Alike


"Fire: An Origin Tale"



"Casual Water"



"Shades"



"Mrs. Turner's Lawn Jockeys"



"Knuckles"



"The Shawl"



Between School and Home


"The Boy Without a Flag"



"The Alumni Interview"



From Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers: "Obituary"



"Indian Education"



"How I Learned to Fly"



Crisis


"The Eve of the Spirit Festival"



"Ordinary Pain"



"Some Say the World"



"Surrounded by Sleep"



"La Llorona/Weeping Woman"



"Triad"



Discovering Relationships


"How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie"



From Ordinary Wolves



From Burnt Bread and Chutney: Growing Up Between Cultures-A Memoir of an Indian Jewish Girl



"Drinking Coffee Elsewhere"



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