| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 404 pages) |
| Contents |
I. First generation: The new world / Susan Muaddi Darraj -- Airport / Pauline Kaldas -- In-country / Rabih Alameddine -- Easy to say / Sahar Mustafah -- How we are bound / Patricia Sarrafian Ward; II. Cross-cultural encounters: News from Phoenix / Joseph Geha -- Edge of rock / May Mansoor Munn -- Manar of Hama / Mohja Kahf -- Salad lady / Rawi Hage -- Coal bin / D.H. Melhem -- My Elizabeth / Diana Abu-Jaber ; III. Relationships: Oh, Lebanon / Evelyn Shakir -- And what else? / Joseph Geha -- Stage directions for an extended conversation / Yussef El Guindi -- The wedding night / Zahie El Kouri -- Distances / Hedy Habra ; IV. Politics: Hair, prayer, and men / Laila Halaby -- Ohio / Yussef El Guindi -- Maryam and Marisa / David Williams -- It's not about that / Samia Serageldin ; V. Looking homeward: A day at the beach / Alia Yunis -- How I became my mother's daughter / Laila Lalami -- Mariam / Hedy Habra -- Sugar in Amman / Amal Masri ; VI. Shaping identities: Lost in freakin' Yonkers / Randa Jarrar -- He had dreamed of returning / Pauline Kaldas -- First snow / Khaled Mattawa -- The fifty-foot woman / Nabeel Abraham -- The Lebanon-Detroit Express / Alia Yunis -- The American way / Frances Khirallah Noble |
| Summary |
Pauline Kaldas is assistant professor of English and creative writing at Hollins University. She was born in Egypt and immigrated to the United States in 1969. She is the author of Letters from Cairo and Egyptian Compass. Khaled Mattawa, a 2014 MacArthur fellow, is associate professor Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was born in Libya and immigrated to the United States in 1979. He is the author of four books of poetry and a number of translations of contemporary Arab poetry. His work has won two Pushcart Prizes, a Guggenheim Fellowship, |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-404) |
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American fiction -- Arab American authors.
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American fiction -- 20th century.
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American fiction -- 21st century.
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Arab Americans -- Fiction.
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Short stories, American.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Abraham, Nabeel.
Fifty-foot woman
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Abu-Jaber, Diana.
My Elizabeth
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Alameddine, Rabih.
In-country
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Darraj, Susan Muaddi.
New world
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El Guindi, Yussef.
Ohio
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El Guindi, Yussef.
Stage directions for an extended conversation
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El Kouri, Zahie.
Wedding night
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Geha, Joseph.
And what else?
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Geha, Joseph.
News from Phoenix
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Habra, Hedy.
Distances
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Habra, Hedy.
Mariam
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Hage, Rawi.
Salad lady
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Halaby, Laila.
Hair, prayer, and men
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Jarrar, Randa.
Lost in freakin' Yonkers
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Kahf, Mohja, 1967-
Manar of Hama
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Kaldas, Pauline, 1961-
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Kaldas, Pauline, 1961-
Airport
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Kaldas, Pauline, 1961-
He had dreamed of returning
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Lalami, Laila, 1968-
How I became my mother's daughter
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Masri, Amal.
Sugar, in Amman
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Mattawa, Khaled.
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Mattawa, Khaled.
First snow
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Melhem, D. H.
Coal bin
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Munn, May Mansoor.
Edge of rock
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Mustafah, Sahar.
Easy to say
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Noble, Frances Khirallah.
American way
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Serageldin, Samia.
It's not about that
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Shakir, Evelyn, 1938-
Oh, Lebanon
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Ward, Patricia Sarrafian, 1969-
How we are bound
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Williams, David, 1953 June 18-
Maryam and Marisa
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Yunis, Alia.
Day at the beach
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Yunis, Alia.
Lebanon-Detroit Express
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| LC no. |
2010513066 |
| ISBN |
1610751264 (electronic bk.) |
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9781610751261 (electronic bk.) |
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