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A down home meal for these difficult times : stories / by Hadero, Meron,author.;
The suitcase -- The wall -- The street sweep -- Mckennon aka Mack aka Huey Freakin' Newton -- The thief's tale -- Kind stranger -- Medallion -- Sinkholes - The case of the missing [redacted] -- The life and times of the little manuscript & Anonymous -- The elders - The drought that drowned us -- A down home meal for these difficult times -- Preludes -- Swearing in, January 20, 2009.Set across the U.S. and abroad, Meron Hadero stories feature immigrants, refugees, and those on the brink of dispossession, all struggling to begin again, all fighting to belong. Moving through diverse geographies and styles, this captivating collection follows characters on the journey toward home, which they dream of, create and redefine, lose and find and make their own. Beyond migration, these stories examine themes of race, gender, class, friendship and betrayal, the despair of loss and the enduring resilience of hope.Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, 2020
Subjects: Short stories.; Human beings; Immigrants; Refugees;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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The best American short stories 2016 / by Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi,1977-(CARDINAL)339721; Ali, Mohammed Naseehu,1971-(CARDINAL)629056; Anam, Tahmima,1975-(CARDINAL)552884; Barrett, Andrea.(CARDINAL)728037; Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien.(CARDINAL)466522; Chiang, Ted.(CARDINAL)667111; Erdrich, Louise.(CARDINAL)348906; Ferreras, Yalitza,1971-(CARDINAL)629048; Groff, Lauren.(CARDINAL)354478; Hadero, Meron.; Henderson, Smith(Joshua Smith)(CARDINAL)612182; Ko, Lisa.(CARDINAL)628760; Marcus, Ben,1967-(CARDINAL)389048; Millner, Caille.(CARDINAL)468969; O'Malley, Daniel.(CARDINAL)397101; Russell, Karen,1981-(CARDINAL)479130; Sakata, Yuko,1977-(CARDINAL)629059; Solwitz, Sharon,1945-(CARDINAL)341665; Tobar, Héctor,1963-(CARDINAL)646058; Wideman, John Edgar.(CARDINAL)728151; Díaz, Junot,1968-editor.(CARDINAL)352039; Pitlor, Heidi,editor.(CARDINAL)477352;
Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.
Subjects: Short stories.; Short stories, American.; Short stories, Canadian.; American fiction; Canadian fiction;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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The displaced : refugee writers on refugee lives / by Nguyen, Viet Thanh,1971-editor.(CARDINAL)350626; Azam, Joseph.Last, first, middle.; Bezmozgis, David,1973-Common story.; Bhutto, Fatima,1982-Flesh and sand.; Bui, Thi.Perspective and what gets lost.; Dorfman, Ariel.How succulent food defeated Trump's wall before it has been built.; Golinkin, Lev.Guests of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa.; Grande, Reyna.Parent who stays.; Hadero, Meron,1978-To Walk in their shoes.; Hemon, Aleksandar,1964-God's fate.; Kertes, Joseph,1951-Second country.;
Subjects: Refugees.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The displaced : refugee writers on refugee lives [sound recording] / by Jung, Greta,narrator.; Nguyen, Viet Thanh,1971-editor.(CARDINAL)350626; Pabon, Andrés,narrator.(CARDINAL)833078;
Performed by Greta Jung & Timothy Andres Pabon.Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, himself a refugee, brings together a host of prominent refugee writers to explore and illuminate the refugee experience. Featuring original essays by a collection of writers from around the world, this book is an indictment of closing our doors, and a powerful look at what it means to be forced to leave home and find a place of refuge.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Autobiographies.; Essays.; Refugees.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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