Alien nation : 36 true tales of immigration / edited by Sofija Stefanovic.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stefanovic, Sofija, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States--Anecdotes.

Immigrants.

Children of immigrants--United States--Anecdotes.

Children of immigrants.

Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

United States.

Children of immigrants--United States--Social conditions.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Social aspects.

Children of immigrants--Social conditions.

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Immigrants--Social conditions.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 272 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Summary:

"Originally told on-stage and adapted here for the page, these 36 fascinating, unique, and celebratory stories of migration, culture shock, family, and life come from well-known voices including Sonia Manzano, Alexander Chee, André Aciman, Laura Gómez, Aparna Nancherla as well as regular people hailing from every corner of the world. The past and present of immigration in the United States springs to life in this anthology of stories compiled and edited by "This Alien Nation" host and author Sofija Stefanovic. These stories, originally performed on stage, are sometimes painful, often funny, beautiful, but above all honest and enlightening. The writers-some of them well-known figures such as Alexander Chee and Aparna Nancherla, others regular (read: fascinating) people hailing from every corner of the world-share moments from their lives, reminding us that immigration is not simply a word but a world, "alien" and throbbing with talent and potential. ALIEN NATION is a balm, a link through human stories, and a celebration of immigration at a turbulent time. Grab your popcorn, imagine yourself in Joe's Pub (one of the best-known stages in New York City with seating as comfy as your couch), and dig into these real experiences and inner thoughts of immigrants and children of immigrants; those who left in search of newness, opportunity, and survival, and those who grew up in that newness with their tongues in multiple languages and feet in multiple worlds"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Alien and Familiar

The Inheritance of Bone / Cleyvis Natera

The Scream / Danusia Trevino

My Family WhatsApp Group / Mazin Sidahmed

What It Takes to Make a Dream Come True / Hass Agili

Is This Thing On? / Aparna Nancherla

2. Then and Now

The Nostalgia Bug / Andre Aciman

True Identity / Tatenda Ngwaru

On Modesty / Abeer Hoque

1993-2018 / Khalid Warsame

Good Dogs, Good Humans / Noel Duan

Don't They Have Irons in America? / Magogodioa Mphela Makhene

3. Deep in New York City

The Table of the Kings / Xavier Trevino

The Limpia / Xochitl Gonzalez

A Little Tattle-Tale Around the Nannying Gig / Christine Yvette Lewis

My Heart's Journey Home no by Dr. Hisla Bates Birth / Sofija Stefanovic

4. Attachments

The Heart Attack Uncle / Alexander Chee

Three Decades of Unsolicited Fashion Advice from a Migrant Mother / Alice Pung

An Island Unto Herself / Roxanne Fequiere

Second Language / Maria Tumarkin

Ungrateful / Mashuq Mushtaq Deen

5. What Forms Us

Mortar, Porcelain, Brick / Kay Iguh

C.R.I.S.I.S. (Christian Rappers Influenced Scripture Infiltrating Satan) / Rufat Agayev

My China / Agustinus Wibowo

Don't Follow Your Dreams (Especially, the American Dream) / Emma Ramos

Sweet Stinking Elevators / Zuzanna Szadkowski

6. Being Here

Jaikisan Heights / Suketu Mehta

The Great Divide: On a Trip Upstate, Learning to Listen / Laura Gomez

The River / Rojo Perez

Go Back to Your Country / Maysoon Zayid

The Foreign Girl / Siri Hustvedt

7. Finding Roots

Puerto Rico of My Dreams / Sonia Manzano

Friendly Enemy Aliens / Paul Holdengraber

Field Notes from My Youth / Tanais

Where Did We Go? / D.J. Tikka Masala

Leaving Cabramatta / Matt Huynh.

Other Format:

Online version: Alien nation

ISBN:

9780063062047

0063062046

OCLC:

1243261819