Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land (Revised)

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references; Multicultural anthology of American fictionPublisher Marketing: Thirty-seven short stories from 1900 to the present, written by some of our best authors African, Asian, European, Jewish, Middle Eastern, and Native American follow the waves of immigration into and migration within the United States. These stories are unique in time and circumstance, yet they address a common dilemma: how to reconcile America's mythologized "promise" with its more complex reality. New to the collection are Sherman Alexie, Michelle Cliff, Edwidge Danticat, Junot Diaz, Chitra Divakaruni, Jewelle Gomez, Thomas King, Bruce Morrow, Agnes Rossi, and David Wong Louie. They join Toni Cade Bambara, Richard Bausch, Marita Bonner, Nash Candelaria, Sandra Cisneros, Louise Erdrich, Mei Mei Evans, Oscar Hijuelos, Gish Jen, LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, Kim Yong Ik, Monfoon Leong, Bernard Malamud, Paule Marshall, Nicholasa Mohr, Toshio Mori, Bharati Mukherjee, Mikhail Naimy, Tahira Naqvi, Gregory Orfalea, Grace Paley, Jeanne Schinto, Leslie Marmon Silko, Michael Stephens, Sui Sin Far, Alice Walker, and Hisaye Yamamoto making this, once again, the most authoritative and useful multicultural collection available." Review Citations: Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2003 pg. 226 (EAN 9780892552771, Paperback) Library Journal 11/15/1991 (EAN 9780892551613, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 12/20/1991 (EAN 9780892551613, Hardcover) School Library Journal 06/01/1992 (EAN 9780892551613, Hardcover) School Library Journal 06/01/1992 pg. 152 (EAN 9780892551675, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Brown, Wesley Brown is novelist and playwright, teaches at Rutgers University. Contributor Bio:  Ling, Amy Amy Ling is deceased. She was Professor in the Department of English and the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.