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03517aam a2200553 i 4500 001 98A30F6EA50711E8B2D2900B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180821010101 008 131202s2014 ilu b 000 1 eng 010 $a 2013041068 020 $a 1933147652 020 $a 9781933147659 035 $a (OCoLC)864676552 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d IXA $d OCLCF $d YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCL $d MNE $d OCL $d IOK $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS647.E85 $b I48 2014 082 00 $a 813/.010892069 $2 23 245 00 $a Immigrant voices : $b 21st century stories / $c selected and edited by Megan Bayles and Achy Obejas. 264 1 $a Chicago : $b Great Books Foundation, $c [2014] 300 $a xiv, 257 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "An anthology of contemporary short stories written by immigrants to the United States. This book continues the Great Books Foundation's commitment to engage readers with perennial questions about the relation of the individual to society. Immigrant Voices includes: eighteen short stories that speak to the experiences, concerns, and aspirations of those who have left their homeland for a new life in the United States; authors Junot DiÌaz, Edwidge Danticat, Yiyun Li, Aleksandar Hemon, and others; [and] a brief biological note on each of the authors and discussion questions for each section"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 00 $t Encrucijada / $r Roberto G. FernaÌndez. $t Absence / $r Daniel Alarcon -- $t Mother the big / $r Porochista Khakpour -- $t The bees, part 1 / $r Aleksandar Hemon -- $t Grandmother's garden / $r Meen Alexander -- $t Otravida, otravez / $r Junot DiÌaz -- $t Wal-Mart has plantains / $r Sefi Atta -- $t Fischer vs. Spassky / $r Lara Vapnyar -- $t The stations of the sun / $r Reese Okyong Kwon -- $t Echo / $r Laila Lalami -- $t No subject / $r Carolina De Robertis -- $t The science of flight / $r Yiyun Li -- $t Hot-air balloons / $r Edwidge Danticat -- $t Home safe / $r Emma Ruby-Sachs -- $t SJU-ATL-DTW (San Juan-Atlanta-Detroit) / $r Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes -- $t DioÌgenes / $r Pablo Helguera -- $t Bamboo / $r Eduardo Halfon -- $t Encrucijada / $r Roberto G. FernaÌndez. 650 0 $a Short stories, American. 650 0 $a American fiction $x Minority authors. 650 0 $a Immigrants $z United States $v Literary collections. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Emigration and immigration $v Fiction. 651 0 $a United States $x Emigration and immigration $v Fiction. 650 7 $a American fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807048 650 7 $a American fiction $x Minority authors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807087 650 7 $a Emigration and immigration. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00908690 650 7 $a Immigrants. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00967712 650 7 $a Short stories, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01117064 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726740 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a Literary collections. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423811 700 1 $a Bayles, Megan, $e editor. 700 1 $a Obejas, Achy, $d 1956- $e editor. 856 42 $z Additional Information at Google Books $u http://books.google.com/books?vid=isbn9781933147659 941 $a 2 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722054445.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20180821010508.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=98A30F6EA50711E8B2D2900B97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search