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The Other Americans
Laila Lalami
Format: Book
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From the Pulitzer Prize finalist, author of The Moor's Account--a timely and powerful new novel about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant that is at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story, all of it informed... |
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Exit West
Mohsin Hamid
Format: electronic resource
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FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE & WINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE “It was as if Hamid knew what was going to happen to America and the world, and gave us a road map to our future… At once terrifying and … oddly hopeful.” —Ayelet... |
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Lost Children Archive: A novel
Valeria Luiselli - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From the two-time NBCC Finalist, a fiercely imaginative novel about a family's summer road trip across America--a journey that, with breathtaking imagery, spare lyricism, and profound humanity, probes the nature of justice and equality in America today.A mother and father set out with their... |
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America Is Immigrants
Sara Novic - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A gorgeously illustrated collection featuring inspiring immigrants from every country in the world, celebrating the incredible range of what it means to be an American This dazzling volume brings American immigrant stories to life in short biographies written by award-winning writer Sara... |
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The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
Francisco CantuÌ - Riverhead Books
Format: Audiobook
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NAMED A TOP 10 BOOK OF 2018 BY NPR and THE WASHINGTON POSTWINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN CURRENT INTERESTFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE NONFICTION AWARDThe instant New York Times bestseller, "A must-read for anyone who thinks build a wall is the answer... |
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The Leavers: A Novel
Lisa Ko - HighBridge Audio
Format: Audiobook
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One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white... |
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Sigh, gone : a misfits memoir of great books, punk rock, and the fight to fit in
Phuc Tran - CNIB
Format: Audiobook
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For anyone who has ever felt like they dont belong, Sigh, gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic literature. In 1975, during the fall of Saigon, Phuc Tran immigrates to America... |
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Don't Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times
Irshad Manji - Macmillan Audio
Format: EBOOK AUDIO
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In these United States, discord has hit emergency levels. Civility isn't the reason to repair our caustic chasms. Diversity is. Don't Label Me shows that America's founding genius is diversity of thought. Which is why social justice activists won't win by labeling those who disagree with... |
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Definitely Hispanic : essays on growing up Latino and celebrating what unites us
LeJuan James - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Perfect for fans of Fresh Off the Boats situational humor and Jane the Virgins celebration of Latinidad, Definitely Hispanic is a collection of introspective memoiristic essays by social media influencer and viral phenomenon LeJuan James about growing up Hispanic in the US. LeJuan James... |
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The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America
Nikesh Shukla - Back Bay Books
Format: Paperback
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By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, troubling and uplifting, these "electric" essays come together to create a provocative, conversation-sparking, multivocal portrait of modern America (The Washington Post) . . . From Trumps proposed border wall and travel ban to the marching... |
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Dominicana: A Novel
Angie Cruz - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Gorgeous writing, gorgeous story." -- Sandra Cisneros"An essential read for our times." -- Cristina GarciaFifteen-year-old Ana Cancion never dreamed of moving to America, the way the girls she grew up with in the Dominican countryside did. But when Juan Ruiz proposes... |
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A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century
Jason DeParle - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive chronicle of our new age of global migration, told through the multi-generational saga of a Filipino family, by a veteran New York Times reporter and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.When Jason DeParle moved in with Tita Comodas and her family in the Manila slums thirty... |
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The Immigrant Cookbook: Recipes that Make America Great
Leyla Moushabeck - Interlink Books
Format: Hardcover
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A DIVERSE BOUNTY OF RECIPES BY IMMIGRANT CHEFS FROM AROUND THE WORLD INTERLINK PUBLISHING WILL DONATE A MINIMUM OF $5 FROM THE SALE OF EACH BOOK TO THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION TO SUPPORT THE ACLUS IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS PROJECT More than 42 million people living in the United States came... |
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Children of the Land
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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An Entertainment Weekly, The Millions, and LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2020This unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in the United States recounts the sorrows and joys of a family torn apart by draconian policies and chronicles one young man's... |
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