Coming Of Age In America: A Multicultural Anthology

Marc Notes: Originally published: 1994.; By turns touching and hilarious, this classic collection gathers together writers from 15 different ethnic groups who, through their fiction, explore the terrain we all traverse as we come of age, no matter our race, ethnicity, gender, or class. Jacket Description/Back: By turns touching and hilarious, Coming of Age in America gathers together writers from fifteen different ethnic groups who, through their fiction, explore the terrain we all traversed as we came of age, no matter our race, ethnicity, gender, or class. Whether we read to remember or to commiserate, here we find it all - classroom bullies and sibling rivalries, first loves and first losses, first victories and first defeats. Frank Chin and Gish Jen vividly recall the excitement of young romance, Adam Schwartz and Dorothy Allison remind us of how trying families can be, and Wanda Coleman and Nicholasa Mohr write about those piercing moments when we realize that our religion, skin color, or ethnicity differentiate us from our best friends. With over twenty short stories and fiction excerpts, Coming of Age in America shows that our common experiences are more binding than our differences are divisive. A wonderfully readable and groundbreaking collection, this is a marvelous resource for those people looking for alternatives to The Catcher in the Rye and A Separate Peace. Review Quotes: "This collection is proof that our collective reality is expressed through many fugues, intonations, and accents. It is in the varied voices, the unique stories, and the universal life-sphere of growing up that we find what truly unites us."--Luis Rodriguez, author of "Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L. A."Biographical Note: Mary Frosch is also the editor of "Coming of Age Around the World" and "Coming of Age in the 21st Century" (The New Press). As a teacher at The Spence School she designed a world literature curriculum and helped implement the multicultural literature program. She divides her time between New York City and Santa Monica, California. Publisher Marketing: By turns touching and hilarious, this classic collection gathers together writers from 15 different ethnic groups who, through their fiction, explore the terrain we all traverse as we come of age, no matter our race, ethnicity, gender, or class. Publisher Marketing: By turns touching and hilarious, Coming of Age in America gathers together writers from fifteen different ethnic groups who, through their fiction, explore the terrain we all traversed as we came of age, no matter our race, ethnicity, gender, or class. Whether we read to remember or to commiserate, here we find it all - classroom bullies and sibling rivalries, first loves and first losses, first victories and first defeats. Frank Chin and Gish Jen vividly recall the excitement of young romance, Adam Schwartz and Dorothy Allison remind us of how trying families can be, and Wanda Coleman and Nicholasa Mohr write about those piercing moments when we realize that our religion, skin color, or ethnicity differentiate us from our best friends. With over twenty short stories and fiction excerpts, Coming of Age in America shows that our common experiences are more binding than our differences are divisive. A wonderfully readable and groundbreaking collection, this is a marvelous resource for those people looking for alternatives to The Catcher in the Rye and A Separate Peace. Review Citations:

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1995 pg. 79 (EAN 9781565841475, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2002 pg. 654 (EAN 9781565841475, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 842 (EAN 9781565841475, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 1105 (EAN 9781565841475, Paperback)

Library Journal 05/15/1994 pg. 102 (EAN 9781565841468, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1995 pg. 79 (EAN 9781565841468, Hardcover)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1997 pg. 679 (EAN 9781565841468, Hardcover)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2002 pg. 654 (EAN 9781565841468, Hardcover)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 842 (EAN 9781565841468, Hardcover)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 1105 (EAN 9781565841468, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Frosch, Mary Mary Frosch is also the editor of "Coming of Age Around the World" (The New Press). As a teacher at The Spence School she designed a world literature curriculum and helped implement the multicultural literature program. She divides her time between New York City and Santa Monica, California. Gary Soto is the author of over a dozen works of fiction and poetry. Winner of numerous prizes, including the 1985 National Book Award and a prize from the Academy of American Poets, Soto lives in Northern California. Contributor Bio:  Soto, Gary Gary Soto is a "multi-instrumentalist," lauded with praise for his prose and poetry and one of America's most prolific authors. Poet, memoirist, Young Adult and children's novelist, and biographer, Gary Soto has also published thirty-five books, including ten previous poetry collections for adults, notably New and Selected Poems (Chronicle, 1995), finalist for both the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the National Book Award. Soto has been featured as NBC Television's Person-of-the-Week, and among his dozens of accolades are the Literature Award from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, the Author-Illustrator Civil Rights Award from the National Education Association, and the PEN Center West Book Award. Soto lives in Berkeley and Fresno, California.