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Dinarzad's children : an anthology of contemporary Arab American fiction / edited by Pauline Kaldas and Khaled Mattawa.
LIBRA PS647.A72 D56 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--Arab American authors.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--20th century.
- American fiction--21st century.
- Arab Americans--Fiction.
- Arab Americans.
- Short stories, American.
- Genre:
- Short stories, American.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 320 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- This collection offers up a mix of previously published and new works, creating a literary road map to Arab American literature today. The nineteen authors represented are of Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian, Egyptian, and Libyan descent, some with established reputations, others new young writers. They tell tales about Muslims and Christians, recent immigrants and fully assimilated Americans, teenagers and grandmothers, guerrillas and peaceniks, professors, housewives, grocers, bookies, those who long for their homeland, and those who refuse to speak Arabic. By turns sassy or lyrical, biting or humorous, but always moving, these stories are good reading and an important contribution to the diverse body of American literature.
- Contents:
- How We Are Bound / Patricia Sarrafian Ward 1
- The New World / Susan Muaddi Darraj 15
- A Frame for the Sky / Randa Jarrar 31
- Lost in Freakin' Yonkers / Randa Jarrar 43
- Oh, Lebanon / Evelyn Shakir 57
- Fire and Sand / Laila Halaby 73
- News from Phoenix / Joseph Geha 87
- And What Else? / Joseph Geha 103
- The Salad Lady / Rawi Hage 115
- The Coal Bin / D. H. Melhem 121
- Manar of Hama / Mohja Kahf 129
- The Spiced Chicken Queen of Mickaweaquah, Iowa / Mohja Kahf 137
- Stage Directions for an Extended Conversation / Yussef El Guindi 155
- It's Not about That / Samia Serageldin 161
- Airport / Pauline Kaldas 171
- Bluebird / Pauline Kaldas 179
- Edge of Rock / May Mansoor Munn 185
- Shakespeare in the Gaza Strip / Sahar Kayyal 197
- Arabic Lessons / David Williams 207
- The Temptation of Lugman Abdallah / Nabeel Abraham 225
- First Snow / Khaled Mattawa 255
- The Hike to Heart Rock / Frances Khirallah Noble 265
- The American Way / Frances Khirallah Noble 281
- My Elizabeth / Diana Abu-Jaber 295.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320).
- ISBN:
- 1557287813
- OCLC:
- 56368491
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