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“Uses a framework of ten common phrases in the Chinese vernacular to offer insight into China’s modern economic gaps, cultural transformations, and ubiquitous practices of…
“This novel of a young Samoan-American’s search for authenticity is ‘a rollercoaster ride inside the haunted house of American multi-cultural sin and shame’ (Sherman Alexie). The…
“This book gives voice to the experiences of women of color–women of African, Native American, Latina, East Indian, Korean and Japanese descent–as students pursuing terminal…
“On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first publication, here is the definitive edition of the book acclaimed as ‘the most affecting and successful narrative…
“Studs Terkel tells us in his Foreword to the Definitive Griffin Estate Edition of Black Like Me: ‘This is a contemporary book, you bet.’ Indeed, Black Like Me remains required…
“Thinking in Indian: A John Mohawk Reader presents the Native perception of philosopher-thinker-activist John Mohawk (Sotsisowah). An elder of the Seneca Nation and a deeply…
“Vimbai is the best hairdresser in Mrs. Khumalo’s salon, and she is secure in her status until the handsome, smooth-talking Dumisani shows up one day looking for work. Despite her…
“How does a contemporary woman with a career as a poet, professor, and editor experience motherhood with one small child, another soon to be born, and her own mother suddenly…
“Explores the early contact between the Aboriginal Noongar people and the first European settlers. A young Noongar man named Bobby Wabalanginy who is clever, resourceful and eager…
“A noted memoirist relates his time serving in World War II, during which he experienced the terrors of armed conflict, as well as came to terms with his sexuality, experienced…