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Title:

California uncovered : stories for the 21st century / edited by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, William E. Justice, and James Quay.

Publisher:

Heyday Books,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xv, 379 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

American literature--California.
American literature--21st century.
California.--Literary collections.

Other Authors:

Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956-
Quay, James.
Justice, William E.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Hands / Robinson Jeffers. The grandfather of the Sierra Nevada Mountains / Maxine Hong Kingston -- from The conquest / Yxta Maya Murray -- from Holy Land / D. J. Waldie -- Pruning generations / David Mas Masumoto -- The elements of San Joaquin / Gary Soto -- from Grass roof, tin roof / Dao Strom -- The magic pony / Greg Sarris -- from Where I was from / Joan Didion -- Palo Alto: the marshes / Robert Hass -- from The gangster we are all looking for / lê thi diem thúy -- from The white boy shuffle / Paul Beatty -- from American son / Brian Ascalon Roley -- Interviews / James Quay -- Riding into California / Shirley Geok-Lin Lim -- The American dream / Laila Halaby -- from The kite runner / Khaled Hosseini -- Melvin in the sixth grade / Dana Johnson -- from Travels with Charley / John Steinbeck -- The light takes its color from the sea / James D. Houston -- My ride, my revolution / Luis J. Rodriguez -- Mrs. Dutta writes a letter / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- Moving still / Francisco Jiménez -- Where the poppies grow / Richard Rodriguez -- Hands / Robinson Jeffers.

ISBN:

9781890771973 (pbk. : alk. paper)
189077197X (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56730292

LCCN:

2004018365

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)